Elly Ameling (Soprano) - Short Biography

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Elly Ameling (Soprano)
Born: February 8, 1933 - Rotterdam, Holland
The outstanding Dutch soprano, Elly Ameling (actually Elisabeth Sara), studied Rotterdam and The Hague with Bodi Rapp. She completed her training with Pierre Bernac in Paris. In 1956 she won the first prize in the vocal competition in s’Hertogenbosch, but her career really started to take off after she won first prize at the ‘Concours International de Musique’ in Geneva in 1958. Many other first prizes followed. Elly Ameling made her formal recital debut in Amsterdam in 1961. Subsequent appearances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Amsterdam and the Rotterdam Philharmonics secured her reputation. Since then, concert tours led her regularly throughout the world. She has performed with most major symphony orchestras, and conductors such as Ernest Ansermet, Carlo Maria Giulini, Bernard Haitink, Rafael Kubelik, Wolfgang Sawallisch, André Previn, and Seiji Ozawa. She is a regular guest at the major festivals (Holland Festival, Edinburgh, Lucerne, Aix-en-Provence, Tanglewood, Flanders Festival, etc.) She also regularly receives invitations to give master classes. Elly Ameling's repertoire (lied as well as works with orchestra) ranges from Monteverdi and Bach through Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Wolf, and Debussy to composers of the 20^th century, such as Benjamin Britten, Menotti, Francis Poulenc, and Gershwin. More than 150 LP’s and CD’s document this extended repertoire. Many of them have been awarded the Edison Prize (4 x), the ‘Grand Prix du Disque’, the ‘Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik’, etc. Elly Ameling has been granted three honorary degrees in the USA and Canada.

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Source: Liner notes to Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 77151-2-RG (Cantatas BWV 202, BWV 209, BWV 211 & BWV 212, performed by Collegium Aureum, 1990); Mrs. Diny Tecker-Kropman (April 2004) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2001, April 2004); Matthias Hansen (Photo - November 2007)
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Ernest Ansermet	Soprano	BWV 130; Duet from BWV 101
Collegium Aureum	Soprano	BWV 106, BWV 202, BWV 209, BWV 211, BWV 212
Wolfgang Gönnenwein	Soprano	BWV 79, BWV 80, BWV 140, BWV 149, BWV 245
Eugen Jochum	Soprano	BWV 202, BWV 248
Philip Ledger	Soprano	BWV 248
Gustav Leonhardt	Soprano	BWV 82 (recitative & aria), BWV 508, 513, 515a, 518
Raymond Leppard	Soprano	BWV 80, BWV 52, BWV 84, BWV 140, BWV 209
Neville Marriner	Soprano	BWV 202, BWV 209
Karl Münchinger	Soprano	BWV 10, BWV 232, BWV 243, BWV 244, BWV 245, BWV 248, BWV 249
Johannes Somary	Soprano	BWV 244
Paul Steinitz	Soprano	Selections from BWV 244
David Willcocks	Soprano	BWV 147
Helmut Winschermann	Soprano	BWV 32, BWV 51, BWV 57, BWV 199, BWV 236
Links to other Sites
Elly Ameling (Lotte Lehmann Foundation) Elly Ameling, soprano (Hunstein Artists) Elly Ameling - soprano (Hyperion)			Decca Music Group: Elly Ameling Dutch Divas: Elly Ameling, soprano An Elly Ameling Discography: Holdings in the Douglass Listening

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