Elisabeth Franziska von Schuch-Ganzel (12 December 1891 – 10 January 1990) also Liesel von Schuch, Liesel Schuch-Ganzel, née von Schuch) was a German coloratura soprano
Born in Dresden, Schuch grew up with her parents, the conductor Ernst von Schuch and the opera singer Clementine von Schuch-Proska, in Niederlößnitz (today a district of Radebeul). She was a sister of the soprano Käthe von Schuch-Schmidt and the violoncellist Hans von Schuch.[1]
She made her debut in La traviata as Violetta in Wiesbaden in 1913. A coloratura soprano like her mother, she became a Royal Saxon Court Opera Singer, later a Dresden Kammersängerin, and was a permanent member of the Sächsische Staatsoper until 1935. Until 1967, she worked as a teacher of singing at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.[2]
She performed in Dresden and Vienna, and in Dresden she gave solo performances in the Dresden Frauenkirche, the Kreuzkirche and the Dresden Cathedral.[3]
In 1988, on the occasion of her 97th birthday, she was made an honorary citizen of Dresden.[4]
She was married to the Corvette Captain Wilhelm Ganzel. Together they had one son (Christian Schuch-Ganzel).[5]
Schuch-Ganzel died in Dresden at the age of 98. She was buried at the near her parents.