Gisela Ehrensperger née Gisela Heuzeroth (born 10 August 1943) is a
Swiss opera/operetta/musical theatre soprano. For 40 years, she was a
permanent member of the ensemble of the Staatstheater am
Gärtnerplatz, Munich.Born in Wiesbaden, Ehrensperger was a pupil of
the singing teacher Sofia Husi. She made her debut at Staatstheater in
St. Gallen in 1965 in the role of Musetta in La Bohème. Two years
later the soprano was engaged by the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.
During her 40 years on stage there, she performed leading roles (about
150) of genres: Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème, Pamina in Mozart's The
Magic Flute, Micaela in Bizet's Carmen, Antonia in The Tales of
Hoffmann, the Marschallin of Luxembourg in Gräfin Dubarry, Agricola
in A Night in Venice, Palmyra in The Opera Ball, Praskowia in The
Merry Widow, Wilhelmine in The Cousin from Dingsda, among
others.Ehrensperger sang the aging folk music singer Margot at the
Theater am Gärtnerplatz in the premiere of the new version of the
short operetta Die Ländler-Queen sieht Morgenrot (1 February 1997),
music and text by Georg Ringsgwandl [de], also in the world premiere
of the opera Lebensregeln (27 August 1972) by Gerhard Wimberger and on
Radio Zurich in the world premiere of the opera Der Alchimist (1969)
by Max Lang. Television and radio versions of the latter two
productions were recorded.Ehrensperger could also be seen in several
musicals. For example, at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel (2005)
she played Golde, milkman Tevje's wife, in Fiddler on the Roof and in
the Theater am Gärtnerplatz (1981) Mary Ann in the musical Casanova
by Helmut Bez and Jürgen Degenhardt.
Swiss opera/operetta/musical theatre soprano. For 40 years, she was a
permanent member of the ensemble of the Staatstheater am
Gärtnerplatz, Munich.Born in Wiesbaden, Ehrensperger was a pupil of
the singing teacher Sofia Husi. She made her debut at Staatstheater in
St. Gallen in 1965 in the role of Musetta in La Bohème. Two years
later the soprano was engaged by the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz.
During her 40 years on stage there, she performed leading roles (about
150) of genres: Mimi in Puccini's La Bohème, Pamina in Mozart's The
Magic Flute, Micaela in Bizet's Carmen, Antonia in The Tales of
Hoffmann, the Marschallin of Luxembourg in Gräfin Dubarry, Agricola
in A Night in Venice, Palmyra in The Opera Ball, Praskowia in The
Merry Widow, Wilhelmine in The Cousin from Dingsda, among
others.Ehrensperger sang the aging folk music singer Margot at the
Theater am Gärtnerplatz in the premiere of the new version of the
short operetta Die Ländler-Queen sieht Morgenrot (1 February 1997),
music and text by Georg Ringsgwandl [de], also in the world premiere
of the opera Lebensregeln (27 August 1972) by Gerhard Wimberger and on
Radio Zurich in the world premiere of the opera Der Alchimist (1969)
by Max Lang. Television and radio versions of the latter two
productions were recorded.Ehrensperger could also be seen in several
musicals. For example, at the Luisenburg Festival in Wunsiedel (2005)
she played Golde, milkman Tevje's wife, in Fiddler on the Roof and in
the Theater am Gärtnerplatz (1981) Mary Ann in the musical Casanova
by Helmut Bez and Jürgen Degenhardt.
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