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Place of Birth: Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
About Leonore Kirschstein
- Leonore Kirschstein (29 March 1933 – 26 February 2017) was a German soprano in opera and concert. Born in Stettin (today Szczecin), Kirschstein received her training at the Robert Schumann Conservatory in Düsseldorf, where her instructor was Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann.
- Kirschstein began her career at the Städtische Oper Berlin in 1958, and from 1960 to 1963 she was on the roster of the Stadttheater Kiel; from 1965 to 1968 she was a member of the company at the Augsburg Opera.
- Beginning in 1968 Kirschstein was a regular member of the company at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, where she had previously appeared as a guest artist, including Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff in 1966, conducted by Joseph Keilberth and alongside Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as Falstaff.
- Among her roles in Munich was a part in the premiere of Isang Yun's Sin Tjong in 1972.During her career she appeared at numerous international festivals.
- She sang at the Salzburg Festival the soprano part in Mozart's Requiem in 1961, and appeared there in 1970 as the First Lady in his Die Zauberflöte.
- She performed at the Edinburgh Festival in 1965 and 1971.
- Kirschstein was also active as a recitalist and oratorio singer.Since her retirement from the stage, she had worked in Augsburg as a voice teacher.
- Her recordings include Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Wagner's Lohengrin.
- She sang the soprano part in Helmuth Rilling's 1966 recording of Bach's drama per musica Schleicht, spielende Wellen, BWV 206, alongside Margarethe Bence, Kurt Equiluz and Erich Wenk.
- She appeared as Anna in a 1966 live recording of Marschner's Hans Heiling, with Hermann Prey in the title role and Liane Synek as Heiling's mother, and Joseph Keilberth conducting choir and orchestra of the WDR.
- She recorded Beethoven's Missa solemnis with GĂĽnter Wand conducting the chorus and orchestra of the GĂĽrzenich in Cologne, alongside Jeanne Deroubaix, Peter Schreier and GĂĽnther Morbach.
- In 1968, she sang the part of the Cardillac's daughter in a recording of Hindemith's Cardillac, conducted by Keilberth, and with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the title role.
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