Elisabeth Grümmer (March 31, 1911 – November 6, 1986) was an German operatic soprano. March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years). ... 1911 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... This article is about opera as an art form. ... This article is about singers. ...

She was born at Niederjeutz, near Diedenhofen, Alsace-Lorraine (later Yutz-Basse; now Thionville, France) to German parents. In 1918, her family were expelled from Lorraine, and they settled in Meiningen, where she studied theater and made her stage debut as Klärchen in Goethe's Egmont. French: Alsace-Lorraine; German: Elsaß-Lothringen) was the territory ceded by France to the newly-unified Germany under the 1871 Treaty of Frankfurt (which ended the Franco-Prussian War) and restored to France after World War I by the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. ... Thionville (German: Diedenhofen), is a city in the département of Moselle in the Lorraine région, France. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Meiningen is a town in Germany - located in the Southern part of the state Thuringia in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (pronounced [gø tə]) (August 28, 1749–March 22, 1832) was a German writer, politician, humanist, scientist, and philosopher. ... Egmont may refer to the following: Egmont is a play by Goethe telling the tale of the 16th century Flemish Count of Egmont who is sentenced to death by the occupying Spaniards. ...

She married the concertmaster of the theater orchestra, Detlev Grümmer, and became a mother. The family moved to Aachen, where they met Herbert von Karajan. Elisabeth started to take singing lessons, von Karajan cast her as the first flower maiden in a performance of Wagner's Parsifal. She went on to perform in Duisburg and Prague. Map of Germany showing Aachen Aachen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46 N, 6°6 E. Population: 256,605 (2003). ... Herbert von Karajan (April 5, 1908 – July 16, 1989) was an Austrian conductor, one of the most prominent of the postwar period. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was an influential German composer, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas. ... Parsifal is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. ... Location of Duisburg Duisburg is a German city in the western part of the Ruhr Area (Ruhrgebiet) in North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ...

Her husband was killed in a bombing in the war. After the war, she settled in Berlin, singing at the Städische Oper Berlin. She performed in all the major opera houses in Europe and the United States, restricting herself to a small number of roles, always sung in German. She was also active in song recitals and concert performances, particularly of Brahms' German Requiem. Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897) was a German composer of classical music. ... Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) is a large-scale choral work written by Johannes Brahms in 1868; it is Brahms Op. ...

She became a professor at the Berlin Musikhochschule.

She died in Warendorf, Westphalia. Westphalia (in German, Westfalen) is a (historic) region in Germany, centred on the cities of Dortmund, Münster, Bielefeld, and Osnabrück and now included in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia (and the (south-)west of Lower Saxony). ...

Discography

Operas

• "Der Rosenkavalier" by Richard Strauss, conductor Wilhelm Schlüchter, EMICLASSICS 8264302 CD-Album (2000)
• "Der Freischütz" by Carl Maria von Weber, conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, EMICLASSICS 5674192 2CD-Album (2000)
• "Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner, conductor Rudolf Kempe, EMICLASSICS 567415 3CD-Album
• "Hänsel und Gretel" by Engelbert Humperdinck, conductor Herbert von Karajan, EMICLASSICS 5670612 2CD-Album (1999)
• "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, EMICLASSICS 7638602 3CD-Album (1991)
• "Die Hochzeit des Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, RELIEF B0001M64VQ 2CD-Album (2004)

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Passions and Cantatas

• "Matthäus-Passion" BWV 244 by Johann Sebastian Bach, conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, EMICLASSICS 5655092 2CD-Album (1995)
• "Johannes-Passion" BWV 245 by Johann Sebastian Bach, conductor Karl Forster, EMICLASSICS 7642342 2CD-Album (1992)
• "Kantaten - Cantatas" by Johann Sebastian Bach, conductor Kurt Thomas, BERLINCLASSICS B000024WMM CD (1996)
• "Bach MADE IN GERMANY" Vol. II Kantaten, Motetten, Weihnachtsoratorium, conductor Kurt Thomas, BERLINCLASSICS B000031W6B 8CD-Album (1999)

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Lieder

• "Elisabeth Grümmer, Lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Grieg und Verdi", conductor Hugo Diez and Richard Kraus, TESTAMENT B000003XJQ (1996)
• "Elisabeth Grümmer, Liederabend, Lieder by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Schoeck, Wolf", ORFEO 506001B CD (2000)
• "Recital 1970, Lieder by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Reger, Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Wolf", Dirigent Richard Kraus, GALA B000028CLY 2CD-Album (2001)

External links

• Elisabeth Grümmer (http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Grummer-Elisabeth.htm)