Soprano Ursula Zehnder passes away at the age of 91
Published: Wednesday, Oct 16th 2024, 17:30
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The Swiss soprano Ursula Zehnder has died in Bern at the age of 91. She was one of the leading Swiss singers of her generation.
Zehnder died last Friday, her family announced on Wednesday. She was a student of Jakob Stämpfli, Elisabeth Grümmer and Elsa Cavelti - and one of the leading Swiss singers of her generation between her concert diploma in 1966 and 1995.
She has performed as a soloist with all the major Swiss orchestras, the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, as well as with numerous choirs in Switzerland and abroad. She has worked with conductors such as Horst Stein, Charles Dutoit, Armin Jordan and Peter Maag.
Her repertoire ranged from Purcell to the present day, with a focus on the great oratorio roles of Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Brahms and Verdi. As a lieder singer, she devoted herself primarily to late romantic and modern lieder and premiered and recorded numerous works by Swiss composers.
Zehnder was the mother of five children and lived in Riggisberg BE and Bern.
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