Hildegard Uhrmacher
Hildegard Uhrmacher (born 15 December 1939), married name Hildegard Kronstein-Uhrmacher, is a German operatic soprano who appeared at European opera houses in coloratura soprano roles such as Mozart's Konstanze, but also in contemporary works including Marie in Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Die Soldaten. She was a professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Hannover and the Hochschule für Musik Detmold. Her 2006 autobiography is entitled Hilde, du schaffst das. Life Uhrmacher was born in Mönchengladbach. She worked as a teacher for three years in Waldniel. At the same time, she studied voice with Clemens Clettenberg, Peter Witsch and in the opera studio of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. There, she made her debut in 1964 as Vespina in Haydn's L'infedeltà delusa. From 1965 to 1967, she was a member of the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. From 1967 to 1973, she had an engagement at the Staatstheater Kassel. In 1974, she became first coloratura soprano of the Hamburg State Opera, where she remained until 1984. She appeared as a guest at the Bavarian State Opera, Cologne Opera, Opernhaus Dortmund, Staatstheater Nürnberg, Oper Frankfurt, in Karlsruhe, and internationally at the Vienna State Opera, Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino