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Ruthilde Boesch
Ruthilde Boesch
Born	Ruthilde Klösterer; 9 January 1918; Braunau am Inn, Austria
Died	20 January 2012 (aged 94); Vienna, Austria
Education	Wiener Musikakademie
Occupation	Operatic soprano;
Organizations	Vienna State Opera;
Awards	Kammersängerin; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art;

Ruthilde Boesch, born Ruthilde Klösterer, married also Ruthilde Loibner (9 January 1918 – 20 January 2012) was an Austrian soprano in opera, operetta, song and concert, and a vocal pedagogue. She was a member of the Vienna State Opera for decades, and later an influential voice teacher.^[1]

Life and career

Born in Braunau am Inn,^[2] Klösterer grew up in Mödling. After her school years she studied singing at the Wiener Musikakademie with Fritzi Lahr-Goldschmied, Alfred Jerger and Judith Hellwig, among others. She studied further with Helene Wildbrunn at the Meisterklasse of the Akademie from 1936 to 1938,^[2] and an intensive role study with the Mozart conductor Josef Krips.^[1]

From 1945 to 1971 the soprano's "main importance was to be found in the field of coloratura soubrette".^[3] She was a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1947, where she made her debut as Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.^[3] She took part in 387 performances in 38 different roles,^[1]^[4] appearing in more Mozart roles, such as Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, Blondchen in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Despina in Così fan tutte, among other.^[4] She also appeared as Chloe in Pique Dame, Olympia in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, and Luciete in I quatro rusteghi, among others.^[1]^[4] In 1949 she sang the Second Boy in Die Zauberflöte at the Salzburg Festival under Wilhelm Furtwängler, and the same year Blondchen at the Bregenz Festival.^[1]^[3]

Boesch appeared on many stages of the world. Numerous concerts and guest performances took her to Europe, the U.S., the Middle East, Australia, South and North America.^[1] She made five world tours of recitals with her second husband, the State Opera conductor Wilhelm Loibner, who was her accompanist.^[1]^[3] In 1968, she was awarded the title Kammersängerin.^[2]

After her retirement from the stage in 1974, she lived for a while in Japan.^[1] She devoted herself to teaching. Her pupils included Edita Gruberová, Eva Lind, Genia Kühmeier, her son Christian Boesch and her grandson Florian Boesch.^[2]

From her first marriage to A. E. Boesch, Ruthilde Boesch had two sons, Wolfgang Boesch (born 1939), a writer, and Christian Boesch who became a singer.^[1]