Ingeborg Ruß

Ingeborg Ruß
Born
Germany
Occupations
Organizations

Ingeborg Ruß was a German contralto, focused on concert singing, and an academic voice teacher.[1]

She record compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach, including Bach cantatas such as Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 190, with the Windsbacher Knabenchor conducted by Hans Thamm, alongside Teresa Żylis-Gara, Peter Schreier and Franz Crass.[2] In 1967, she recorded his short masses with the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart conducted by Helmuth Rilling, alongside Elisabeth Speiser, John van Kesteren, Gerhard Faulstich and Jakob Stämpfli.[3] She recorded in 1979 his St John Passion with the Amadeus Choir and Amadeus Orchestra conducted by Karl-Friedrich Beringer, alongside Alejandro Ramírez [de] as the Evangelist, Michel Brodard [fr] as the vox Christi, Gerda Hagner, Boldizsár Keönch and Manfred Volz,[4] and his Christmas Oratorio with the Windsbacher Knabenchor conducted by Beringer.[5]

She was an academic voice teacher, at the Nuremberg Conservatory, the Musikhochschule in Würzburg,[1] finally from 1983 to 2002, at the Musikhochschule Detmold.[6] Among her students are Christina Gerstberger and Petra Schmidt.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b BCW 2012.
  2. ^ Thamm 2014.
  3. ^ Rilling 2016.
  4. ^ Beringer JP 2017.
  5. ^ Beringer WO 2013.
  6. ^ Detmold 2018.
  7. ^ Kutsch & Riemens 2004.

Sources

  • BCW: "Ingeborg Ruß (Contralto)". Bach Cantatas Website. 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  • Beringer JP: "Johannes-Passion BWV 245 / Complete Recordings 1970–1979". Bach Cantatas Website. 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  • Beringer WO: "Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 / Complete Recordings 1970–1979". Bach Cantatas Website. 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  • Detmold: "Instrumental- und Gesangspädagogik / Tradition". Musikhochschule Detmold. 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  • Kutsch, Karl-J.; Riemens, Leo (2004). "Schmidt, Petra". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
  • Rilling: "Missae Breves & Sanctus BWV 233–242 / Complete Recordings 1960–1969". Bach Cantatas Website. 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  • Thamm: "Hans Thamm & Windbacher Knabenchor / Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works". Bach Cantatas Website. 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2018.