CÄCILIE RÜSCHE-ENDORF
(DORTMUND, 8 APRIL, 1873 – LEIPZIG, 13 MARCH, 1939)
She studied at the conservatoire in Cologne and with Alberto Selva in
Milan. She made her debut in 1894 at the Stadttheater in Zurich as Agathe in Der Freischütz. From 1896 to 1902,
she was a member of the Cologne Opera House, where in 1902 she appeared in the
premiere of Emanuel Moor’s opera Die
Pompadour. In 1898, she married the opera singer Hermann Endorf. During
the 1904–1905 season, she was engaged at the Stadttheater in Elberfeld, and
from 1905 to 1910, she sang at the Opera House in Hanover. From 1910 to 1915,
she appeared with great success at the Leipzig Opera, where in 1914 she sang
the role of Kundry in the Leipzig premiere of Parsifal, partnered by Jacques Urlus.
She sang at the Bayreuth Festival from 1906 to 1909 and made guest
appearances at the Berlin Court Opera (1907–1909), the Munich Court Opera
(1910–1918), in Amsterdam and Rotterdam (1910), at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in
Brussels (1913, 1914), the German Theatre in Prague (1911), the Stadttheater in
Zurich, and the Dresden Court Opera (1911). In 1908, and again from 1911 to
1914, she was heard at Covent Garden in London in Wagnerian roles.
Later, she settled in Leipzig, where she worked as a vocal pedagogue.
Her stage repertoire included Elsa in Lohengrin,
Eva in Die Meistersinger,
Elisabeth in Tannhäuser,
Desdemona in Otello, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Marguerite in Faust, and the title role in Die Königin von Saba.
Chronology of some appearances
1894 Zurich Stadttheater
1896-1902 Cologne Opernhauses
1904-1905 Elberfeld Stadttheater
1905-1910 Hannover Opernhaus
1906-1910 Bayreuth Festival
1907-1909 Berlin Hofoper
1908 London Covent Garden
1910-1915 Leipzig Opernhaus
1911 London Covent Garden
1911 Prague Deutschen Theater
1911 Zurich Stadttheater
1911 Dresden Hofoper
1912 London Covent Garden
1913 London Covent Garden
1913 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie
1914 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie
1914 London Covent Garden
1910-1918 Munich Hofoper
TRACKLIST
Freischütz
(Weber) Und ob die Wolke (Cavatine) 2-43056 4010r Gramophone, Hannover 1907-12
Lohengrin
(Wagner) Einsam in trüben Tagen 2-43316 Gramophone, Berlin 1909-10-29
Nozze di
Figaro (Mozart) Heil'ge Quelle 2-43057 4011r Gramophone, Hannover 1907-12
Tannhäuser
(Wagner) Der Unglücksel'ge 043150 293ac Gramophone, Berlin 1909-10-29
Tannhäuser
(Wagner) Dich teure Halle 2-43314 1828ab Gramophone, Berlin 1909-10-29
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