Elsbeth Plehn
Elsbeth Plehn (7 March 1922 – 13 December 2001) was a German operatic contralto and voice teacher.
Life and career[edit]
Plehn studied school music and music education at the University of Königsberg. In Dresden, she took singing lessons with Herbert Winkler and Martin Flämig. She was successful as a concert and oratorium singer.
In 1959, she became a lecturer at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber and was appointed professor in 1975.
Among her students were the bass baritone Peter Olesch, the mezzo-soprano Annelott Damm, the soprano Carola Nossek,[1] the voice teachers Christiane Junghanns and Christiane Bach-Röhr and the director Michael Heinicke.
Further reading[edit]
- Prof. Elsbeth Plehn. In Eva Johne (ed.): Profile aus Dresden. Vol. 1. Johne, Dresden 1993, ISBN 978-3-924718-38-1, p. 291.
References[edit]
- ^ "Carola Nossek (soprano)". The Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
