Ilse Helling-Rosenthal

Sophie Marie Ilse Helling-Rosenthal (15 February 1886 – 23 March 1939) was a German soprano singer and voice teacher who appeared primarily in lied and oratorio.

She formed a vocal quartet, the Rosenthal-Quartet, with her husband Wolfgang Rosenthal as the bass, contralto Marta Adam and tenor Hans Lißmann.

[4] On 11 March 1920, they were the soloists in a concert at the Gewandhaus, with Arthur Nikisch conducting Bruckner's Te Deum; the organist was Karl Straube.

[5] She appeared in 1918 as the soprano soloist in a performance of Bach's St Matthew Passion in Cologne, and of Handel's Messiah at the Johanniskirche in Dessau.

[4] In 1931, Helling-Rosenthal recorded Bach's cantata Sie werden euch in den Bann tun, BWV 44, for the radio, with the Thomanerchor and the Gewandhausorchester conducted by Straube.