Annelies Burmeister (25 November 1928 in

Ludwigslust Ludwigslust () is a central castle town of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany, 40 km south of Schwerin. Since 2011 it has been part of the Ludwigslust-Parchim district. Ludwigslust is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. The former royal re ...

– 16 June 1988 in Berlin) was a German

contralto A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typica ...

and actress. Burmeister studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar. She was a member of the

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in Berlin and made several guest appearances with other ensembles, including the Hamburg State Opera and the

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. She performed at the Bayreuth Festival in 1966 and 1967, where her roles included Fricka and Siegrune in ''

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'', which has been released on Compact Discs. Also in her discography is her interpretation of Mary in ''Der fliegende Holländer'', with

Theo Adam Theo Adam (1 August 1926 – 10 January 2019) was a German operatic bass-baritone and bass singer who had an international career in opera, concert and recital from 1949. He was a member of the Staatsoper Dresden for his entire career, and sang ...

and

Anja Silja Anja Silja Regina Langwagen (, born 17 April 1940) is a German soprano singer. Biography Born in Berlin, Silja began her operatic career at a very early age, with her grandfather, Egon Friedrich Maria Anders van Rijn, as her voice teacher. She ...

, conducted by

Otto Klemperer Otto Nossan Klemperer (14 May 18856 July 1973) was a 20th-century conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the US, Hungary and finally Britain. His early career was in opera houses, but he was later better known as a concer ...

for EMI, in 1968. Brahms Alto Rhapsody and Lieder for VEB ETERNA, in 1968 and 1971, with Leipzig Rundfunkchor under Horst Neumann, reissued on CD 0031402BC Berlin Classics in 1996.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burmeister, Annelies 1928 births 1988 deaths People from Ludwigslust German operatic contraltos 20th-century German women opera singers Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar alumni