#laura hilgermann

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Austro-Hungarian operatic singer Laura Hilgermann

Austrian vintage postcard

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„WALKÜRE“ R. WAGNER / SECOND AND THIRD ACT

„DER WÄLSUNG FÄLLT MEINER EHRE!“

Some Frickas and Wotans

Laura Hilgermann as Fricka; Vienna, 1919

Marie Goetze as Fricka; Berlin, ?

Rosa Ethofer as Fricka; Karlsruhe, 1908

Friedrich Plaschke as Wotan; Dresden,

Olive Fremstad as Fricka; Munich, 1902

Nini Frascani as Fricka; Milan, 1916

Betty Kofler as Fricka; Wiesbaden, ?

Sabine Kalter as Fricka; Hamburg, ca. 1932

Hans Hermann Nissen as Wotan; Munich, ca. 1932

Eva Clairmont as Fricka; Munich, 1912

Gertrud Lang as Fricka; Graz, ?

Wilhelm Rode as Wotan; Berlin, ca. 1924

Charlotte Dahmen as Fricka; ?, ca. 1916

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"Rettet die Mutter!!" DIE WALKÜRE - R. WAGNER Here some Sieglindes and Siegmunds (first act)

Adolf Wallnöfer as Siegmund; Prague, 1890

Katharina Fleischer-Edel as Sieglinde; Bayreuth, 1906

Einar Forchhammer as Siegmund; Dresden, 1902

Alfred von Bary as Siegmund; Dresden, 1903

Erna Denera as Sieglinde; Berlin, ?

Willy Ulmer as Siegmund; Bayreuth, 1914

Selma vom Scheidt as Sieglinde; ?, ?

Lilly Hafgren-Waag as Sieglinde; ?, ?

Ernst Kraus as Siegmund; Berlin, ?

Laura Hilgermann as Sieglinde; Vienna, ?

Otto Wolf as Siegmund; Munich, ?

Lina Baak as Sieglinde; Chemnitz, 1911

Richard Banasch as Siegmund; ?, ?

Maria Hussa as Sieglinde; ?, ?

Paul Franz as Siegmund; Paris, ?

Mimi Poensgen as Sieglinde; Frankfurt, ?

Annie Gura-Hummel as Sieglinde; Berlin, ?

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On June 10, 1865, the world premiere of "Tristan and Isolde" by R. Wagner took place in Munich.

„Einsam wachend in der Nacht…“

Here are some of the first Mezzos to have sung the role of Brangäne over the years and contributed to the success of this work through their dedication.

Georgette Bastien, mezzo - soprano.

Mimi Berts

Cecilie Darlays

Katharina Fleischer-Edel (September 27, 1873 in Mülheim - July 18, 1928 in Dresden), German soprano.

Laura Hilgermann (13 October 1869 in Vienna – 9 February 1945 in Budapest, Hungarian Empire), Austro-Hungarian soprano/contralto.

Louise Kirkby-Lunn (8 November 1873 – 17 February 1930), English coloratura contralto (sometimes classified as a dramatic mezzo-soprano).

Luise Willer (1888–1970), German contralto.

Bella Paalen (9 July or 9 December 1881 – 28 July 1964), Austrian-American soprano of Hungarian origin.

Emmi Leisner (8 August 1885 in Flensburg - 12 January 1958 in Kampen), German contralto.

Sabine Kalter (28 March 1889 in Jarosław – 1 September 1957 in London), British mezzo-soprano/contralto.

Marie Goetze (November 2, 1865, Berlin - December 18, 1922), contralto.

Ernestine Färber-Strasser (May 12 or 15, 1884 in Königsberg - unknown location, after 1955), German contralto/mezzo-soprano.