ELLEN BRANDT-FORSTER,
ALSO ELLEN FORSTER-BRANDT (VIENNA, 11 OCTOBER 1866 – BADEN BEI WIEN, 16 JULY
1921)
At the age of 14, she began studying singing with Louise Dustmann and
Emilie Dorr in Vienna. She made her debut in 1885 at the Danzig City Theater as
Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust. In 1886, she performed at the Bayreuth Festival
as the solo Blume in Parsifal. In 1887, she was appointed to the Vienna Court
Opera, where she remained until the end of her career.
On February 16, 1892, she sang the role of Sophie in the premiere of
Massenet’s opera Werther at this opera house. In 1889, she appeared in the
Vienna premiere of Weber’s Die drei Pintos (in the new adaptation by Gustav
Mahler). In 1891, she appeared in the premiere of Mozart’s Bastien und
Bastienne as Bastienne. On August 21, 1896, she took part in the premiere of
Goldmark’s opera Das Heimchen am Herd.
She also sang Marie in Der Trompeter von Säckingen, Eva in Die Meistersinger,
Agathe in Der Freischütz, Marie in Smetana’s The Bartered Bride, and Micaela in
Carmen. She was also successful as a concert and lieder singer and often
performed at court concerts in Vienna. In 1891, she appeared in a celebratory
concert at the Salzburg Mozart Centenary Celebration.
In 1905, she retired from the stage in the role of Lola in Cavalleria rusticana. Her voice has been preserved on several rare G&T records made in Vienna in 1902.
TRACKLIST
Coppelia
(Delibes) Walzer 43198 2430B G&T, Wien 1902
Don Giovanni
(Mozart) Reich' mir die Hand (w. Demuth) 44180 1086x G&T, Wien 1902
Freischütz
(Weber) Und ob die Wolke 43239 941x G&T, Wien 1902
Nozze di
Figaro (Mozart) So lang' hab' ich geschmachtet (w. Demuth) 44115 2529B G&T,
Wien 1902
Prodana Nevesta (Smetana) Wie fremd und tot 43197 2428B G&T, Wien 1902
Zauberflöte (Mozart) Bei Männern (w. Demuth) 44179 1085½x G&T, Wien 1902
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