Opera Singer. A coloratura soprano, she studied in Berlin and at the Prague Conservatory. She had her first roles at the Berlin State Opera, shortly after she turned 30. Before World War II she was in the Wiesbaden, Breslau, and Dresden companies and also toured Europe, with a successful stint at the Salzburg Festival, followed by a successful North American tour in 1938. During the war, she mostly worked in neutral Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey, perhaps partly due to the fact that her Jewish husband was interned in a concentration camp. Postwar, she toured extensively in South America, and she and her husband (who survived the war) took up Brazilian citizenship. She was particularly known for her ability to hit high notes, in particular the C7 (C above high C). She is survived by a fairly large body of recorded work and was one of the first to use BASF's new tape technology, which has resulted in many of her works now being available on CD due to the high quality of the process. Before World War II, she also appeared in a number of German films, among them "Blumen von Nizza" and "Manon." A number of streets are named after her in Germany, in particular in Dresden and her husband's home town of Heuchelheim.
Opera Singer. A coloratura soprano, she studied in Berlin and at the Prague Conservatory. She had her first roles at the Berlin State Opera, shortly after she turned 30. Before World War II she was in the Wiesbaden, Breslau, and Dresden companies and also toured Europe, with a successful stint at the Salzburg Festival, followed by a successful North American tour in 1938. During the war, she mostly worked in neutral Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey, perhaps partly due to the fact that her Jewish husband was interned in a concentration camp. Postwar, she toured extensively in South America, and she and her husband (who survived the war) took up Brazilian citizenship. She was particularly known for her ability to hit high notes, in particular the C7 (C above high C). She is survived by a fairly large body of recorded work and was one of the first to use BASF's new tape technology, which has resulted in many of her works now being available on CD due to the high quality of the process. Before World War II, she also appeared in a number of German films, among them "Blumen von Nizza" and "Manon." A number of streets are named after her in Germany, in particular in Dresden and her husband's home town of Heuchelheim.
Bio by: Kenneth Gilbert
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