She was a pupil of the Berlin vocal pedagogue
Laura Détschy. In 1910 she made her debut at the Berlin Sommer-Oper as Elsa in ‘’Lohengrin’’.
In the 1910-1912 seasons she was engaged by the Stadttheater in Würzburg, in the
1912-1923 seasons she sang at the Opernhaus of Cologne and from 1923 to 1939 at
the Wien Staatsoper. Already during her engagement in Cologne she became a known
soprano and appeared at the Cologne Opera among other things in the premières
of the operas ‘’Königskinder’’ of Humperdinck, ‘’Die heilige Elisabeth’’ by F. Liszt
and ’’Der Rosenkavalier’’ of Richard Strauss. At the Staatsoper in Wien she
sang in 1923 the difficult title part in the première of the opera ‘’Fredegundis’’
of Franz Schmidt. She gave guest performances in Holland, Poland, Yugoslavia
and in Czechoslovakia. At the Salzburg festival
she guested in 1926 as Rosalinde in ‘’Fledermaus’’. Her repertoire included Cio-Cio-San
in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’, Mimi in ‘’La Bohème’’, Desdemona in ‘’Otello’’, Elsa
in ‘’Lohengrin’’, Elisabeth in ‘’Tannhäuser’’, Sieglinde in ‘’Walküre’’, Octavian
in ’’Der Rosenkavalier’’, Marie in ‘’Wozzeck’’. In 1935 she performed at the Staatsoper
in Wien in the premiere of ‘’Die Dame im Traum’’ by Franz Salmhofer, in 1937 at
the same opera house in the première of B. Paumgartner’s opera Rossini in
Neapel’’. Till 1933 she was married with tenor Hans Clemens (1890-1958), whom
she had got to know during her Cologne engagement. After her retirement she
taught singing in Vienna.
Chronology of some appearances
1910 Berlin Sommer-Oper
1910-1912 Würzburg Stadttheater
1912-1923 Cologne Opernhaus
1923-1939 Wien Staatsoper
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