Elisabeth Schumann
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Elisabeth Schumann (13 June 1888 in Merseburg – 23 April 1952 in New York) was a German lyric soprano who sang in opera, operetta, oratorio, and lieder. She left a substantial legacy of recordings.
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[edit] Career
Schumann trained for a singing career in Berlin and Dresden. She made her stage debut in Hamburg in 1909. Her initial career started in the lighter soubrette roles that expanded into mostly lyrical roles, some coloratura roles, and even a few dramatic roles. As issues that lead to World War I threatening Europe, she came to the United States where she joined faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia
During World War II she lived in New York City, where she gave recitals, but concentrated mostly on teaching. After the war she returned to London in 1945, and made a successful comeback.
She was a much-loved artist, admired for her vivacity, elegance, and beauty. She was closely connected with Richard Strauss, Otto Klemperer, Lotte Lehmann, Bruno Walter, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and other leading musicians of the first half of the 20th century.
[edit] Honors
Honorary Member of the Vienna State Opera and the first female Honorary Member of the Vienna Philharmonic.[1]
[edit] Opera Roles
[edit] Notes
- ^ Naxos Digital Services, retrieved on December 3, 2007.
[edit] Biography
Elisabeth Schumann by (her son) Gerd Puritz (edited and translated by her granddaughter Joy Puritz), published by Grant and Cutler Ltd., London ISBN 0-7293-0394-2
[edit] External links
- The Elisabeth Schumann Website, has extensive materials on Elisabeth Schumann, including a discography and an online exhibition of photographs
