Elisabeth Rethberg in the title role of Verdi's Aida

The German soprano Elisabeth Rethberg (22 September 1894 – 6 June 1976) was a famous opera singer active from the early 1920s to the mid 1940s. She was greatly admired for her pure tone and fine musical intelligence. Rethberg was best known for her performances of the Mozart and Verdi heroines. German opera singer Elisabeth Rethberg as Aida Source: http://www. ... German opera singer Elisabeth Rethberg as Aida Source: http://www. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up Soprano on Wiktionary, the free dictionary In music, a soprano is a singer with a voice ranging approximately from the A below middle C to high C two octaves above middle C (i. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search W. A. Mozart, 1790 portrait by Johann Georg Edlinger Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was an Italian composer of, mainly, operatic music. ...

Rethberg was born in Schwarzenberg. She studied at the Dresden Conservatory, making her operatic debut in Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauss. Rethberg sang with the Dresden Opera from 1915 to 1922. In 1922, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Aida. She moved to the US and remained with the Metropolitan for twenty seasons, singing some thirty roles, but she also performed frequently at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Salzburg Festival, and the principal Italian houses. Rethberg regularly returned to Dresden where in 1928 she created the title role in Strauss's Die ägyptische Helena. Johann Strauss is the name of three famous German composers: Johann Strauss I (1804-1849), composer, popularizer of the waltz Johann Strauss II (1825-1899), composer, son of Johann I, known as the Waltz King Johann Strauss III (1866-1939), composer, son of Eduard Strauss See also: Strauss This is... Semper Oper in Dresden Semper Oper or Saxon State Opera Dresden (in German, Sempreoper or Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden ) is an opera house in Dresden, Germany, and is one of the most famous all over the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Josef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ... The Floral Hall of the Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House is a performing arts venue in London. ... Jump to: navigation, search Covent Garden is a shopping and entertainment complex in central London. ... The Salzburg Festival is a prominent music festival in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The festival was founded in 1877 but was discontinued in 1910. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Richard Strauss (June 11, 1864 – September 8, 1949) was a German composer of the late Romantic era, particularly noted for his tone poems and operas. ...

Rethberg did not have a big voice but deployed what she had with intelligence and fine phrasing. In the 1930s, however, she started taking on heavier roles, such as Aida, and Rachel in La Juive, later even adding the Wagnerian roles of Elsa, Eva, Sieglinde, and Elisabeth to her repertoire, which damaged her voice and hastened her early retirement from the stage in 1942. Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a story by Auguste Mariette. ... Jump to: navigation, search Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 in Leipzig – February 13, 1883 in Venice) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his groundbreaking symphonic-operas (or music dramas). His compositions are notable for their continuous contrapuntal texture, rich harmonies... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ...

Rethberg made numerous recordings between 1921 to 1940, many of which are still in print. Jump to: navigation, search 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Rethberg died in Yorktown Heights, New York in 1976 at age 89. Yorktown Heights is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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• Biograph and discography from Cantabile-Subito.de