Hanne-Lore Kuhse

Annette Markert is recorded as having studied under Hanne-Lore Kuhse. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is opera and solo singing. Employment is recorded with Berlin University of the Arts. Distinctions recorded are National Prize of East Germany and Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver.

• Illustration — Plaque at the house in Schwerin, where the singer lived. Born in Schwaan, Kuhse first studied singing with a private teacher in Rostock. Later she continued her education at the Rostock Conservatory and at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. In 1951 she made her debut at the Theater Gera as Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio. From 1952 to 1959 she was a member of the Mecklenburg State Theatre. In 1959 she changed to the Leipzig Opera, and in 1963 she was engaged by the Berlin State Opera. In 1973 she received a visiting professorship at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar. In 1974 she was appointed professor at the Musikhochschule Berlin. Her students included mezzo-soprano Annette Markert and baritone Erwin Noack. Kuhse died in Berlin at age 74.

Kuhse was honorary citizen in Schwaan, where she is buried.