Hannelore Bode (born 2 August 1941) is a German operatic soprano. She performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1968 to 1978, including Elsa in ''

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'', Eva in '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'', and several parts in the 1976

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, including Sieglinde in ''

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''. She performed internationally and recorded operas with conductors such as

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and Pierre Boulez.

Career

Bode was born in Berlin. She studied there for two years with Ria Schmitz-Gohr in Berlin, then at the

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and with Fred Husler. She was first engaged at the

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in 1964. In the 1967/68 season, she sang with the

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, the following season with the

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. Bode performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1968 to 1978, including Elsa in ''

'' (from 1971) and Eva in '' Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' (from 1973). She performed several parts in the

, the 1976 centenary performance of Wagner's ''

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'', staged by

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, Sieglinde in ''

'', and Gutrune and the third Norn in ''

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''. She appeared internationally, performing Sieglinde also at the

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in 1976, conducted by

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, staged by

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in a set by

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, with Hans Beirer as Siegmund, Hans Sotin as Hunding,

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as Wotan, and Ute Vinzing as Brünnhilde. She sang in Washington in 1975 as Elsa in a production of the

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and at Covent Garden in 1977 the leading part of Agathe in Weber's ''

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'', She appeared as Elisabeth in Wagner's ''Tannhäuser'' at the

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in 1980, alongside

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in the title role and conducted by Hans Wallat. She performed Eva both at the

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in Buenos Aires in 1980 and at the

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in 1981. In 1996, she sang in the contemporary opera ''Amandas Traum'' by Harold Weiss.

Recordings

Bode appears as a Flower Maiden on a 1971 live recording of ''

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'' in Bayreuth, conducted by

. She is Eva in ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' in a 1974 live recording from Bayreuth, conducted by

, in a cast with Karl Ridderbusch as Sachs,

as Stolzing and Anna Reynolds as Magdalene. A review noted: "Hannelore Bode as Eva has a somewhat light voice but for once spares us the maternal flavor that seems to affect many an Eva." She appears in the part again in 1975, with Norman Bailey as Sachs and René Kollo as Stolzing, and with Georg Solti conducting Wiener Philharmoniker. In 1970, she performed again a Flower Maiden in ''Parsifal'', now with Pierre Boulez conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, with James King in the title role and Gwyneth Jones as Kundry.

References

External links

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