Born: August 10, 1921 - Heerlen, Holland

The Dutch-born German soprano, Agnes Giebel, studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen with Professor Hilde Wesselmann.

Agnes Giebel's first public appearances were in 1947 in works of Bach. As a result of her great success she was engaged by RIAS Berlin for weekly series of Bach Cantatas in 1950, and she was a frequent visitor there afterwards. At that time she also went to extensive concert tours with the Leipzig Thomanerchor under Günther Ramin. Miss Giebel has sung many times with the Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestra. She made several tours as a concert artist in the USA.

Agnes Giebel was one of the few singes who has made her name entirely in concert repertoire and she continued to refuse offers to appear in opera. She was the leading soprano singer of Bach’s vocal works during the 1950’s and the 1960’s. At a later period she promoted modern music. Her performances of works by Schoenberg, Berg, Hindemith, and Henze were praised.

Source: Liner notes to the 3-LP album ‘Bach: Mass in B minor’, conducted by Otto Klemperer (EMI, 1968); Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997); A. Giebel's son-in-law (December 2007)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2001), Walter Roth (Phoro, December 2005), Johannes Honigmann (December 2007)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Ernest Ansermet

Soprano

BWV 105

Theodor Egel

Soprano

BWV 245 [NYR]

Wilhelm Ehmann

Soprano

BWV 49, BWV 84

Hans Grischkat

Soprano

BWV 6, BWV 19, BWV 233-236, BWV 237-240

Diethard Hellmann

Soprano

BWV 138

Eugen Jochum

Soprano

BWV 244, BWV 245

Jürgen Jürgens

Soprano

BWV 18, BWV 152

Otto Klemperer

Soprano

BWV 232

Gustav Leonhardt

Soprano

BWV 209, BWV 524

Erhard Maursberger

Soprano

BWV 80, BWV 140

Günther Ramin

Soprano

BWV 57, BWV 111, BWV 245

Kurt Redel

Soprano

BWV 52, BWV 84, BWV 233, BWV 234

Rolf Reinhardt

Soprano

BWV 32, BWV 57

Karl Ristenpart

Soprano

BWV 248 [Tape]

Philipp Röhl

Soprano

BWV 232

Jaap Schröder

Soprano

BWV 51, BWV 202

Kurt Thomas

Soprano

BWV 4, BWV 51, BWV 59, BWV 71, BWV 243, BWV 244, BWV 248

André Vandernnot

Soprano

BWV 80, BWV 245

Fritz Werner

Soprano

BWV 31, BWV 32. BWV 57, BWV 68, BWV 98, BWV 105, BWV 147, BWV 149
BWV 244, BWV 248

Helmut Winschermann

Soprano

BWV 151

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