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Sigrid Neef (born 10 October 1944) is a German
musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...
and theatre scholar, focused on Russian and Soviet opera. She has been a
dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and pr ...
of the director
Ruth Berghaus Ruth Berghaus (2 July 1927 – 25 January 1996) was a German choreographer, opera and theatre director, and artistic director. Life and career Berghaus was born in Dresden and studied Expressionist dance and Dance direction with Gret Palucca th ...
at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin for decades.


Life

Born in
Fraureuth Fraureuth, located in the district of Zwickau (district), Zwickau, is a small town in Saxony, Germany. It has a population of around 5,000 inhabitants on a surface of 22.59 km2. Fraureuth was a component of Thuringia until 1952. The musicolo ...
, Neef worked at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin from 1972 to 1993. Like her husband, the musicologist Hermann Neef, she is an expert on Russian and Soviet music, with personal contact to
Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody (composer), Ivan Moody as a ...
,
Rodion Shchedrin Rodion Konstantinovich Shchedrin ( rus, Родион Константинович Щедрин, , rədʲɪˈon kənstɐnʲˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ ɕːɪˈdrʲin; born 16 December 1932) is a Soviet and Russian composer and pianist, winner of USSR St ...
, the
Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostak ...
biographer Solomon Wolkow and the director-in-chief of the
Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r, t=Grand Theater) is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolutio ...
, Boris Pokrovsky. Since 1979, Neef has been the long-standing
dramaturge A dramaturge or dramaturg (from Ancient Greek δραματουργός – dramatourgós) is a literary adviser or editor in a theatre, opera, or film company who researches, selects, adapts, edits, and interprets scripts, libretti, texts, and pr ...
of the director
Ruth Berghaus Ruth Berghaus (2 July 1927 – 25 January 1996) was a German choreographer, opera and theatre director, and artistic director. Life and career Berghaus was born in Dresden and studied Expressionist dance and Dance direction with Gret Palucca th ...
, especially for opera. Neef has translated numerous Russian and Hungarian operas, for example Glinka's '' Ruslan and Lyudmila'' together with Jörg Leipold, and works by Shostakovich, Shchedrin, Kyrill Vokov, Gleb Sedelnikov, Igor Rogaljov, Gennady Banshchikov, and Sándor Balassa. Later, Neef focused on the field of animal protection, especially of cats.


Publications

* with Hermann Neef: ''Handbuch der russischen und sowjetischen Oper''. Kunst und Gesellschaft, DDR-Berlin, 1985, and
Bärenreiter Bärenreiter (Bärenreiter-Verlag) is a German classical music publishing house based in Kassel. The firm was founded by Karl Vötterle (1903–1975) in Augsburg in 1923, and moved to Kassel in 1927, where it still has its headquarters; it ...
, Kassel 1989, . * ''Das Theater der Ruth Berghaus''. Henschelverlag Kunst und Gesellschaft, DDR-Berlin 1989, and Fischer-Verlag, Frankfurt 1990. * ''
Paul Dessau Paul Dessau (19 December 189428 June 1979) was a German composer and conductor. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht and composed incidental music for his plays, and several operas based on them. Biography Dessau was born in Hamburg into a m ...
s Beitrag zu einem neuen Operntypus.'' Dissertation. Halle 1989. * (with Hermann Neef): ''Deutsche Oper im 20. Jahrhundert DDR 1949–1989''. Verlag Peter Lang, Berlin . e.Schöneiche bei Berlin mong others1992, . * ''Die Russischen Fünf: Balakirew
Borodin Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (12 November 183327 February 1887) was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as " The Five", a group dedicated to prod ...
Cui
Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky (; ; ; – ) was a Russian composer, one of the group known as "The Five (composers), The Five." He was an innovator of Music of Russia, Russian music in the Romantic music, Romantic period and strove to achieve a ...
Rimski-Korsakov. Monographien – Dokumente – Briefe – Programme – Werke.'' Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 1992, . * ''Die Opern Sergej Prokofjews''. (''Prokofiew-Studien'' 7 and ''Studia slavica musicologica'' 45). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2009, . * ''Die Opern Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakows''. (' 18). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2008, . * ''Die Opern Dmitri Schostakowitschs''. (''Schostakowitsch-Studien'' volume 8 and ''Studia slavica musicologica'' 47). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2010 . Articles, book contributions * ''Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Felsenstein und
Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a ...
. Gedanken zur DDR-Oper.'' In ''Theater der Zeit'' 34. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1979, . * ''Regisseure im Gespräch. Ein Gespräch mit Ruth Berghaus.'' In ''Theater der Zeit Berlin.'' issue 6, 1983. * ''Ein Diskurs über
Bertolt Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a p ...
und die Oper.'' In ''Musik und Gesellschaft'' 26. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1985, issue 6, . * ''Ruth Berghaus und Michael Gielen – gefragt nach den Möglichkeiten von Oper in dieser Zeit.'' In ''Sinn und Form.'' Issue 4, Berlin 1987. * ''Über das Hervorbringen und Verschwinden von Bildern. Zum Beispiel "Moes und Aron" von Arnold Schönberg.'' In Horst Seeger and Wolfgang Lange (ed.): ''Oper heute, ein Almanach'' 11. Henschelverlag, Berlin 1988. * ''Wladimir Stassow und das Mächtige Häuflein.'' In Wladimir Stassow: ''Meine Freunde Alexander Borodin und Modest Mussorgski. Die Biographien'' (''Musik konkret'' 4). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 1993, . * ''Realismus ohne Ufer? Zu einigen notwendigen Korrekturen im Mussorgsky-Bild (1995)''. In Modest Mussorgsky. Zugänge zu Leben und Werk. Würdigungen – Kritiken – Selbstdarstellungen – Erinnerungen – Polemiken. (''Musik konkret'' 8) Verlag Ernst Kuhn Berlin 1995 * ''Falsches Bewusstsein authentisch fixiert – Interessante Einblicke in unbekannte Dokumente.'' In "Ideologisch entartete Elemente". Dokumentation zur Ausbürgerung von Mstislaw Rostropowitsch und Galina Wischnewskaja aus der ehemaligen UdSSR (1974–1978) (opyt 2) Verlag Ernst Kuhn Berlin 1996 * ''Oper in der DDR. Offenes Kunstwerk bei geschlossener Grenze.'' In ''Oper im 20. Jahrhundert. Entwicklungen und Komponisten.'' Zdited by Udo Bermbach. Verlag J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart/Weimar 2000, . * ''Das kompositorische Werk Rimsky-Korsakows – Darstellungen und Dokumente.'' In. (''Musik konkret'' 12, Source texts and treatises on Russian music of the 19th and 20th centuries) Verlag Ernst Kuhn Berlin 2000, * ''"Glory" oder" gorje" – Das jüdische Element in Schostakowitschs Opern (unter Einbeziehung von Fleischmanns "Rothschilds Geige"''). In Dmitri Schostakowitsch und das jüdische musikalische Erbe. (Schostakowitsch-Studien, volume 3) (studia slavica musicologica 18) Verlag Ernst Kuhn Berlin 2001 * ''Die Streichquartette als Tagebuch innerer Entwicklung (Überblick und Stationen)''. In Schostakowitschs Streichquartette – Ein internationales Symposium (Schostakowitsch-Studien, volume 5) (''Studia Slavica musicologica'' 22) Verlag Ernst Kuhn Berlin * ''Römische Fastnacht und geistliche Oper. Impulse des Jüdischen in der russischen Oper vom 18. bis 20. Jahrhundert''. In ''Samuel Goldenberg und Schmuyle. Jüdisches und Antisemitisches in der russischen Musikkultur Jewish an Anti-Semitic Elements of Russian Musical Culture. Ein internationales Symposium''. (''Studia slavica musicologica'' 27). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2003, . * ''Infragestellungen: Der Künstler und die Macht – das kann doch nicht alles gewesen sein oder Sterben tun immer nur die anderen.'' In ''Dmitri Schostakowitsch – Komponist und Zeitzeuge'' (''Schostakowitsch-Studien'' volume 2 and ''Studia slavica musicologica'' 17). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2009, . * ''Dialoge mit Schostakowitsch – Zum Beispiel Rodion Shchedrin.'' In ''Schostakowitsch und die Folgen. Russische Musik zwischen Anpassung und Protest. Ein internationales Symposium'' (''Studia slavica musicologica'' 32). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2003, . * ''Allem widerstreben, was nicht Geist bedeutet. Prokofjew und die Sowjetmacht.'' In: ''Sergej Prokofjew in der Sowjetunion. Verstrickungen – Missverständnisse – Katastrophen. Ein Internationales Symposium'' (''Prokofjew-Studien'' volume 1 and ''Studia slavica musicologica'' 35). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin. 2004, . * ''Nicht Aufbewahrung der Asche, sondern Weitergabe des Feuers.'' In ''Um das Spätwerk betrogen? Prokofjews letzte Schaffensperiode'' (''Prokofjew-Studien'' volume 5 and ''Studia slavica musicologica'' 39). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2007, . * ''Intellektuell autonom-emotional verführbar.'' In ''Schräg zur Linie des Sozialistischen Realismus? Prokofjews spätere Sonaten sowie Orchester- und Bühnenwerke. Ein Internationales Symposium'' (''Prokofjew-Studien'' volume 3 and ''Studia slavica musicologica'' 37). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2005, . * ''„Einen Gruß an eine Frau, die ihren schöpferischen Weg erleuchtet“. Zu Mira Mendelson-Prokofejewas Erinnerungstagebuch.'' In Mira Mendelson-Prokofjewa: ''Die Wahrheit über Prokofjew. Das Drama der letzten Jahre'' ''Prokofjew-Studien'' volume 4 and ''Studia slavica musicologica'' 38). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2005, . * ''Vom Verjüngen alter Stoffe. Goldmanns Opernphantasie „Hot“ und Dessaus Lustspieloper ''Leonce und Lena''.'' In Sigrid Wiesmann (ed.): ''Für und Wider die Literaturoper. Zur Situation nach 1945.'' Laaber Verlag, 1982 . * Article in ''.'' Piper, Munich/Zürich 1986–1997, among others zu Alexander Borodin: ''Fürst Igor,'' Michail Glinka: ''Ein Leben für den Zaren'' und ''Ruslan und Ljudmila,'' Modest Mussorgski: ''Chowanschtschina,'' Dmitri Schostakowitsch: ''Die Nase'' und ''Katarina Ismailowa.'' * Article in ''
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart ''Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart'' (''MGG''; "Music in the Past and Present") is a German music encyclopedia. It is among the world's most comprehensive encyclopedias of music history and musicology, on account of its scope, content, wealth ...
.'' 2nd edition Kassel 1994 ff. Diverse russische Komponisten wie Jewgenij Fomin. * ''Musik aus Licht, Luft, Farbe und Bewegung''. Zu ''Anatoli Ljadows Orchesterwerken.'' In ''Anatoli Ljadow. Zugänge zu Leben und Werk'' (''Musik konkret'' 15). Verlag Ernst Kuhn, Berlin 2006, . * Zweitautorin von András Batta: ''Opera. Komponisten, Werke, Interpreten.'' Könemann Verlag, Köln 1999, . In Russian language * ''Aus dem Briefwechsel mit
Alfred Schnittke Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (24 November 1934 – 3 August 1998) was a Russian composer. Among the most performed and recorded composers of late 20th-century classical music, he is described by musicologist Ivan Moody (composer), Ivan Moody as a ...
'' (''Is perepiski s Alfredom Schnittke,'' ). Im Sammelband zum 70. Geburtstag von Alfred Schnittke (Schnittke poswjaschtschajetsja. K 70-letiju kompositora), volume 4 (wypusk 4). Verlag der Komponisten (isdatelstwo kompositorow), Moskau 2014. Herausgegeben vom Schnittke-Zentrum Moskau, . Radio broadcasts to and with Ruth Berghaus * Berliner Rundfunk, Rundfunk der DDR in the series ''Berlin – Weltstadt des Theaters'' ** for the production of ''
Das Rheingold ''Das Rheingold'' (; ''The Rhinegold''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86A, is the first of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nib ...
'' by (Richard Wagner an der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin). Broadcast on 3 October 1979. ** for the production of ''
Wozzeck ''Wozzeck'' () is the first opera by the Austrian composer Alban Berg. Composed between 1914 and 1922, it premiered in 1925. It is based on the drama '' Woyzeck'', which German playwright Georg Büchner left incomplete at his death. Berg attende ...
'' (by Alban Berg at the Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin). Broadcast on 21 November 1984.


Literature

* Irene Bazinger (ed.): ''Regie: Ruth Berghaus. Geschichten aus der Produktion'', Rotbuch Verlag, Berlin 2010. * Daniele Daude: ''Oper als Aufführung: Neue Perspektiven auf Opernanalyse''.''Oper als Aufführung : neue Perspektiven auf Opernanalyse''
on WorldCat Transcript. Theater. Bielefeld 2014. * Corinne Holtz: ''Ruth Berghaus. Ein Porträt''. Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Hamburg 2005.


References


External links

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Sigrid-Neef-Sammlung
Archive of the
Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts () is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The academy's predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector F ...
* Uwe Schwentzig
: Rezension des Porträts ''Ruth Berghaus'' von Corinne Holtz
(in German) ''Das Blättchen''
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Gerd Rienäcker Gerd Rienäcker (3 May 1939 – 3 February 2018) was a German musicologist. Life Rienäcker was born on 3 May 1939 in Göttingen as son of the chemist . Rienäcker studied musicology from 1959 to 1964 (minor subject: "art science'") with Ernst ...
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