Anna Tassopoulos
Anna Tassopoulos , married Anna May (born February 17, 1915 in Patras , Greece ; † February 28, 2007 in Cologne ) was a Greek opera singer (soprano).
Life
Tassopoulos studied singing at the National Conservatory of Athens and with Margarethe Funk in Berlin. She made her debut in 1936 at the 1936 German Opera House in Berlin as "Madame Butterfly". She stayed there until 1944 and at the same time was engaged at the Breslau Opera House from 1940 to 1943.
She died in 2007 at the age of 92 and was buried in the grave of her husband Walter May (1914–2002) in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (lit. F).
Filmography
- 1942: Great night
- 1944: The trombonist
Awards
- Golden Cross of the Order of Merit of the Kingdom of Greece
Discography
- Richard Wagner: Parsifal (Live 1953), Laudis, with Martha Mödl , Rita Streich , Ramón Vinay Dir .: Clemens Krauss
Web links
- Anna Tassopoulos at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Anna Tassopoulos in the Internet Movie Database (English), incorrectly listed there as Anna Tassopoulis .
- Works by and about Anna Tassopoulos in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tassopoulos, Anna |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | May, Anna (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | greek opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 17, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patras , Greece |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 2007 |
| Place of death | Cologne |