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Annie Woud (1901 – 1989)
2011/04/07
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Born in Haarlem 1901, she studied with Schuyl-Hol at her home town and with Irene Schlemmer-Ambros in Vienna. She made her debut in 1929 in Vienna, in Mahler’s Symphony 8. She never appeared on stage. Gaining great success on the concert platform, she reguarly appeared in Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and in in other European countries. She toured extensively in South America. Willem Mengelberg was her frequent partner. Anne Woud became the most renowned contralto of her generation.
The “Laudamus te” shows this artist at her best. In my opinion, the following recording belongs to the most beautiful renditions of “Laudamus te”.
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Theodora Versteegh (1888 – 1970)
2011/04/07
alts - Theodora Versteegh was born in 1888, in Kerk-Avezaath near Tiel. Her teachers were the two renowned pedagogues Cornélie van Zanten and Tilly Koenen. She made her in Handel’s Joshua in 1914 and dedicated her career exclusively to oratorio, concert and song. She was a wonderful interpreter of Bach’s Passions (she sang the solo contralto part in St. Matthew Passion more than 250 times!) and cantatas. With Jo Vincent, Evert Miedema (later also with Louis van Tulder) and Willem Ravelli she formed a fine singing quartet. Theodora Versteegh regularly appeared in Belgium, Germany and France. In the Thirties she began to work as a singing coach but went on to sing until 1948.Read More
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Suzanne Luger (1889 – 1971)
2011/04/07
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Suze Luger studied the violin and singing. Her debut as a concert singer took place in 1919. She often appeared as a member of the vocal quartet ‘Hollandsch Vocaal Kwartet’, together with soprano Jo Vincent, tenor Louis van Tulder and the wonderful baritone Willem Ravelli. Luger sang in a wide range of oratorio repertory but was also successful as a lieder singer.
The artist was aged 52 when she made the following recording. The song was composed by Rudolf Mengelberg, the nephew of the famous (but politically controversial) conductor Willem Mengelberg.
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