What is Agnes Giebel?
[[File:Fotothek df roe-neg 0006440 2 035 Agnes Giebel (Sängerin).jpg|thumb|upright|Agnes Giebel, 1953]] '''Agnes Giebel''' (10 August 1921 &ndash; 24 April 2017) was a German classical [[soprano]]. She was born in [[Heerlen]], [[the Netherlands]]. She studied at the [[Folkwang Hochschule]] in [[Essen]] and made her first public appearance as a singer in 1947. Her career lasted until the 1990s during which she established a wide-ranging [[discography]]. Giebel's career was based on the works of music such as [[cantata]]s, [[oratorio]]s, [[Passion (music)|passions]], and [[Mass (music)|masses]] and was thought to be one of the greatest [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]] singers of her generation. Giebel died on 24 April 2017 in [[Cologne]], [[Germany]] at the age of 95.<ref>[http://slippedisc.com/2017/05/death-of-a-klemperer-soprano-aged-95/ Death of a Klemperer soprano, aged 95]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Giebel-Agnes.htm Biography: contains photos and her Bach discography] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Giebel, Agnes}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:German singers]] [[Category:People from Heerlen]] {{bio-stub}}