Edith Selig
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Edith Selig is a French
classical soprano
in concert, opera and Lied
, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach
and French composers. She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris
.
with Eugenia Zareska, the Choeurs et Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française
conducted by Carl Schuricht
.
She recorded Bach cantata
s with Fritz Werner
, the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn and the Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
, including Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, an early ambitious work in eleven movements, performed in Weimar in 1714 on the third Sunday after Trinity
. She also recorded with the same ensemble Bach's Actus tragicus and Easter Oratorio
. In the 1960s she recorded Bach's Magnificat
and Missa in F Major
, BWV 233, with Karl Ristenpart
, Claudia Hellmann
, Georg Jelden, Jakob Stämpfli
and Maurice André
(trumpet).
She has specialized in singing works of French composers. In 1960 she recorded in Paris Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
, conducted by Charles Bruck
, with Rita Gorr
and Nadine Sautereau. In 1963 she recorded Rameau's Acte de ballet Pigmalion
, conducted by Marcel Couraud. She recorded the Te Deum of Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, conducted by Louis Frémaux
. In 1996 she recorded the Te Deum
of Marc-Antoine Charpentier with the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kuentz
.
She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris
.
Along with voice teachers such as Régine Crespin
and Jakob Stämpfli
, Edith Selig-Papée was a founding member of the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA) in 1988. She has lectured internationally, such as on La Mélodie Francaise in Detmold
and Philadelphia.
She has served on the jury of international competitions such as the 23" Concours international de chant de Paris in 2001
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
classical soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
in concert, opera and Lied
Lied
is a German word literally meaning "song", usually used to describe romantic songs setting German poems of reasonably high literary aspirations, especially during the nineteenth century, beginning with Carl Loewe, Heinrich Marschner, and Franz Schubert and culminating with Hugo Wolf...
, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist whose sacred and secular works for choir, orchestra, and solo instruments drew together the strands of the Baroque period and brought it to its ultimate maturity...
and French composers. She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris
École Normale de Musique de Paris
The École Normale de Musique de Paris is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, France. The school was founded by Auguste Mangeot and pianist Alfred Cortot in 1919...
.
Professional career
In 1958 she recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 2Symphony No. 2 (Mahler)
The Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler, known as the Resurrection, was written between 1888 and 1894, and first performed in 1895. Apart from the Eighth Symphony, this symphony was Mahler's most popular and successful work during his lifetime. It is his first major work that would eventually mark his...
with Eugenia Zareska, the Choeurs et Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française
Orchestre National de France
The Orchestre national de France is a symphony orchestra run by Radio France. It has also been known as the Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française and Orchestre national de l'Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française .Since 1944, the orchestra has been based in the Théâtre...
conducted by Carl Schuricht
Carl Schuricht
Carl Adolph Schuricht was a German conductor.Schuricht was born in Danzig , German Empire; his father's family had been respected organ-builders. His mother, Amanda Wusinowska, a widow soon after her marriage , brought up her son alone...
.
She recorded Bach cantata
Bach cantata
Bach cantata became a term for a cantata of the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach who was a prolific writer of the genre. Although many of his works are lost, around 200 cantatas survived....
s with Fritz Werner
Fritz Werner
Fritz Werner was a German choral conductor, church music director, conductor, organist and composer...
, the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn and the Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra
Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, full German name: Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, full English name South West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, is an internationally known German chamber orchestra based in Pforzheim.- History :...
, including Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, an early ambitious work in eleven movements, performed in Weimar in 1714 on the third Sunday after Trinity
Trinity Sunday
Trinity Sunday is the first Sunday after Pentecost in the Western Christian liturgical calendar, and the Sunday of Pentecost in Eastern Christianity...
. She also recorded with the same ensemble Bach's Actus tragicus and Easter Oratorio
Easter Oratorio
The Easter Oratorio , BWV 249, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach, Kommt, eilet und laufet , first performed in Leipzig in 1725.- History :...
. In the 1960s she recorded Bach's Magnificat
Magnificat (Bach)
The Magnificat in D major, BWV 243, is a major vocal work of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was composed for orchestra, a five-part choir and four or five soloists. The text is the canticle of Mary, mother of Jesus, as told by Luke the Evangelist .Bach composed an initial version in E flat major in 1723...
and Missa in F Major
Missa (Bach)
A Missa of Johann Sebastian Bach is in general a composition of the Latin Mass by the German Baroque composer.More specifically, Missa refers to one of his four short masses in F major, A major, G minor and G major, BWV 233 to 236...
, BWV 233, with Karl Ristenpart
Karl Ristenpart
Karl Ristenpart was a German conductor.Born in Kiel, Germany, he studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and in Vienna. He was heavily involved in creating three orchestras in his lifetime, most notably the Chamber Orchestra of the Saar. With this group he created one of the recorded...
, Claudia Hellmann
Claudia Hellmann
Claudia Hellmann is a German contralto singer in opera and concert.- Biography :Claudia Hellmann studied voice in Berlin with Erika Garski....
, Georg Jelden, Jakob Stämpfli
Jakob Stämpfli (bass)
Jakob Stämpfli is a Swiss bass concert singer and an influential academic teacher and director of the conservatory in Bern, also a teacher in Saarbrücken.-Biography:...
and Maurice André
Maurice André
Maurice André is a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field.-Biography:He is a classical virtuoso trumpeter, born in Alès, France in the Cévennes into a mining family. His father was an amateur musician....
(trumpet).
She has specialized in singing works of French composers. In 1960 she recorded in Paris Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed Euridice
Orfeo ed Euridice is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck based on the myth of Orpheus, set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale, meaning an opera on a mythological subject with choruses and dancing...
, conducted by Charles Bruck
Charles Bruck
Charles Bruck was a Hungarian-French conductor.Bruck was born in Temesvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, since 1920 Timişoara, since 1920 in Romania....
, with Rita Gorr
Rita Gorr
Rita Gorr , is a Belgian operatic mezzo-soprano. She possessed a large, rich-toned voice and was an intense singing-actress, especially in dramatic roles such as Ortrud and Amneris , two of her greatest roles....
and Nadine Sautereau. In 1963 she recorded Rameau's Acte de ballet Pigmalion
Pigmalion (opera)
For the opera by Georg Benda see Pygmalion Pigmalion is an opera in the form of a one-act acte de ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 27 August 1748 at the Opéra in Paris. The libretto is by Ballot de Sovot. The work has generally been regarded as the best of Rameau's one-act pieces...
, conducted by Marcel Couraud. She recorded the Te Deum of Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, conducted by Louis Frémaux
Louis Frémaux
Louis Frémaux is a French conductor.-Life and career:Frémaux comes from an artistic background; his father was a painter, and his wife was a music teacher....
. In 1996 she recorded the Te Deum
Te Deum (Charpentier)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier composed his grand polyphonic motet Te Deum in D major probably between 1688 and 1698, during his stay at the Jesuit Church of Saint-Louis in Paris, where he held the position of musical director...
of Marc-Antoine Charpentier with the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kuentz
Paul Kuentz
Paul Kuentz is a French conductor who studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1947 to 1950, with Noël Gallon, Georges Hugon and Eugene Bigot. He founded the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra in 1951 and made many tours of Europe and the USA, performing the orchestral works of Bach at the Church of...
.
She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris
École Normale de Musique de Paris
The École Normale de Musique de Paris is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, France. The school was founded by Auguste Mangeot and pianist Alfred Cortot in 1919...
.
Along with voice teachers such as Régine Crespin
Régine Crespin
Régine Crespin was a French singer who had a major international career in opera and on the concert stage between 1950 and 1989. She started her career singing roles in the dramatic soprano and spinto soprano repertoire, drawing particular acclaim singing Wagner and Strauss heroines...
and Jakob Stämpfli
Jakob Stämpfli (bass)
Jakob Stämpfli is a Swiss bass concert singer and an influential academic teacher and director of the conservatory in Bern, also a teacher in Saarbrücken.-Biography:...
, Edith Selig-Papée was a founding member of the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA) in 1988. She has lectured internationally, such as on La Mélodie Francaise in Detmold
Detmold
Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...
and Philadelphia.
She has served on the jury of international competitions such as the 23" Concours international de chant de Paris in 2001
External links
- Entries for recordings by Edith Selig on WorldCatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...