Werner Haseleu was a German operatic bass-baritone and academic voice teacher.
11 Facts About Werner Haseleu
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Werner Haseleu was a long-term member of the Staatsoper Dresden and the Komische Oper Berlin, often with director Harry Kupfer at both houses.
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Werner Haseleu was known for leading roles in world premieres and contemporary opera.
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Werner Haseleu debuted in 1958 at the Nationaltheater Weimar, and worked there until 1973.
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Werner Haseleu appeared there as Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte, King Philipp in Verdi's Don Carlos, the title role of Falstaff and as Ochs in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, among others.
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Werner Haseleu sang leading roles in the world premieres of Udo Zimmermann's Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin on 30 December 1976 and Kunad's Vincent on 22 February 1979 in Dresden.
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Werner Haseleu moved to the opera house in 1984 together with Kupfer.
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Werner Haseleu was a guest at the operas of Leningrad, Prague, at the Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden and in Lausanne.
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Werner Haseleu was active in the pedagogical sector: Werner Haseleu taught from 1961 to 1973 at the Musikhochschule Weimar and from 1973 at the Hochschule fur Musik Dresden.
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Werner Haseleu died in Leipzig in June 2012 at the age of 77 years and was buried at the Dresden Heidefriedhof.
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Werner Haseleu's voice is preserved on recordings of Die schweigsame Frau by Richard Strauss, Moses und Aron, Udo Zimmermann's Levins Muhle, scenes from Lear and Judith, and Der Rosenkavalier.