Marianne Dieleman (Contralto)

Born: Holland

The Dutch contralto, Marianne Dieleman, studied and taught at the Royal Academy in the Hague. She went to Paris to work with Pierre Bernac.

In 1970 she toured with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in France, Poland and Tzechoslowakia. In 1971 she made her debt with the Royal Dutch Opera at Amsterdam. She appeared at the Abu Gosh Kiryath Yearim Music Festival in Israel for the first time in 1968, performing George Frideric Handel’s Messiah and J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244), and for the second time in 1971 in Bach’s St. John Passion (BWV 245).

Source: Programme notes to Music Festival Abu Gosh Kiryath Yearim (May 1971)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (August 2002)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Gerard Akkerhuis

Alto

BWV 245

Sigi Stadermann

Alto

Arias from BWV 244, BWV 245

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