Liesel Schuch-Ganzel Explained

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

Life

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.

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  1. http://mediathek.slub-dresden.de/db/apsisa.dll/ete?action=queryList&index=web_interpret&desc=%22Schuch,%20Liesel%20von%22 Liesel Schuch-Ganzel
  2. https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd117117196.html Liesel Schuch-Ganzel
  3. Frank Andert (Red.): . Historisches Handbuch für die Lößnitz. Published by the Stadtarchiv Radebeul. 2nd, slightly amended edition. Stadtarchiv, Radebeul 2006, .
  4. Schriftlicher Nachlass Elisabeth von Schuch-Ganzel, retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/910903595 Die Schuchs : eine Künstlerfamilie in Dresden : [exhibition, Stadtmuseum Dresden, from may 10 to september 28, 2014''] on WorldCat