Ursula Buckel

Ursula Buckel (born 11 February 1926 in Lauscha, died 5 December 2005 in Geneva) was a German soprano singer, known for singing works of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Career

Ursula Buckel studied singing in the School of Church Music in Braunschweig in 1947, later with Hans Höfflin in Freiburg and with Ria Ginster in Zürich and in Hilversum.

She collaborated regularly with the Zurich Bach Choir, Karl Richter and his Münchener Bach-Chor, Diethard Hellmann and his Mainzer Bach-Chor, and Karl Ristenpart.

With Richter she was a frequent soloist for recordings of Bach cantatas, including in 1961 Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, a cantata that Bach had written in 1723 for the feast of the Visitation always celebrated on 2 July. Performances of Bach's Mass in B minor and St John Passion with Richter and soloists Hertha Töpper, Ernst Haefliger and Peter van der Bilt in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in 1968 were recorded live. She recorded Bach's St Matthew Passion with Richter, a live performance in 1969 at Bunka-Kaykan, Tokyo, and also conducted by Eric Ericson, with John van Kesteren as the Evangelist.