Agnes Giebel (Soprano) - Short Biography

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Agnes Giebel (Soprano)
Born: August 10, 1921 - Heerlen, Holland
The Dutch-born German soprano, Agnes Giebel, studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen with Professor Hilde Wesselmann. Agnes Giebel's first public appearances were in 1947 in works of J.S. Bach. As a result of her great success she was engaged by RIAS Berlin for weekly series of Bach Cantatas in 1950, and she was a frequent visitor there afterwards. At that time she also went to extensive concert tours with the Leipzig Thomanerchor under Günther Ramin. She has sung many times with the Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestra. She made several tours as a concert artist in the USA. Agnes Giebel was one of the few singes who has made her name entirely in concert repertoire and she continued to refuse offers to appear in opera. She was the leading soprano singer of J.S. Bach’s vocal works during the 1950’s and the 1960’s. At a later period she promoted modern music. Her performances of works by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, and Henze were praised.

Source: Liner notes to the 3-LP album ‘Bach: Mass in B minor’, conducted by Otto Klemperer (EMI, 1968); Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997); A. Giebel's son-in-law (December 2007) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2001), Walter Roth (Phoro, December 2005), Johannes Honigmann (December 2007); Matthias Hansen (Photo 09 - August 2009)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Ernest Ansermet	Soprano	BWV 105
Theodor Egel	Soprano	BWV 245 [NYR]
Wilhelm Ehmann	Soprano	BWV 49, BWV 84
Udo R. Follert	Soprano	BWV 232
Hans Grischkat	Soprano	BWV 6, BWV 19, BWV 233-236, BWV 237-240
Diethard Hellmann	Soprano	BWV 138
Eugen Jochum	Soprano	BWV 244, BWV 245
Jürgen Jürgens	Soprano	BWV 18, BWV 152
Otto Klemperer	Soprano	BWV 232
Gustav Leonhardt	Soprano	BWV 209, BWV 524
Erhard Maursberger	Soprano	BWV 80, BWV 140
Günther Ramin	Soprano	BWV 57, BWV 111, BWV 245 [1^st], BWV 245 [2^nd]
Kurt Redel	Soprano	BWV 52, BWV 84, BWV 233, BWV 234
Rolf Reinhardt	Soprano	BWV 32, BWV 57
Karl Ristenpart	Soprano	BWV 248 [Tape]
Philipp Röhl	Soprano	BWV 232
Jaap Schröder	Soprano	BWV 51, BWV 202
Kurt Thomas	Soprano	BWV 4, BWV 51, BWV 59, BWV 71, BWV 243, BWV 244, BWV 248
André Vandernnot	Soprano	BWV 80, BWV 245
Fritz Werner	Soprano	BWV 31, BWV 32. BWV 57, BWV 68, BWV 98, BWV 105, BWV 147, BWV 149 BWV 244, BWV 248
Helmut Winschermann	Soprano	BWV 151
Links to other Sites
Agnes Giebel [Dutch]

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