Carla Spletter
Carla Spletter (born November 9, 1911 in Flensburg , † October 19, 1953 in Hamburg ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Carla Spletter studied singing at the Leipzig Conservatory and made her debut as a soprano at the German Opera House in Berlin in 1932 . From 1935 to 1945 she was part of the ensemble of the Berlin State Opera . During this time she took part in numerous complete opera recordings, including in Carl Maria von Weber's Oberon (1937) and Johann Strauss' Eine Nacht in Venice (1938), which enjoy great recognition and therefore still today (in digitized form CD) can be bought. After 1945 Carla Spletter moved to Hamburg, where she worked at the State Opera thereoccurred. Carla Spletter had one last big appearance shortly before his untimely death at the age of 41 at the Grillo-Theater in Essen. There she sang the title role under the conductor Gustav König in the German premiere of Alban Berg's opera Lulu in 1953 .
The singer also acted in a total of four feature films. In the film adaptation of Friedrich von Flotow's Martha , she had her most important film success in the title role in 1936.
Since 1937 Carla Spletter was married to the doctor Peter Bischoff , who had won a gold medal as a sailor at the Olympic Games in 1936 . Spletter died of cancer in 1953.
Discography (selection)
- Mozart: The Abduction from the Seraglio (complete recording Berlin October 24, 1937), double CD, orchestra and choir of the Reichssender Berlin, conductor Heinrich Steiner, Cantus-Lin (DA Music) 2000
- Mozart: Great Opera Recordings - Die Zauberflöte (complete recording Berlin 1937/1938), double CD, Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor Thomas Beecham , Naxos Historical 2001
- Gounod: Faust (complete recording from Stuttgart December 5, 1937), double CD, choir and orchestra of the Stuttgarter Rundfunks, conductor: Joseph Keilberth , Arkadia 2000
- Mozart: Die Zauberflöte ( The Magic Flute ) (complete recording Berlin 1937–1938), double CD, Berliner Philharmoniker, conductor Thomas Beecham , Naxos Historical 2001
- Weber: Oberon (concert recording Berlin August 15, 1937), double CD, choir and orchestra of the Reichssender Berlin, conductor Joseph Keilberth , Cantus-Line (DA Music) 2002
- Johann Strauss: One Night in Venice (complete recording January 22, 1938), double CD, orchestra and choir of the Reichssender Berlin, conductor Heinrich Steiner, Naxos Historical 2003
- ABC of the Art of Singing in Germany - Historical Singing Lexicon Part 5 , double CD, 70 historical recordings, including two arias from La Boheme, sung by Carla Spletter, Cantus-Lin (DA Music), 2000
Filmography
- 1936: Martha , directed by Karl Anton / Frank Clifford
- 1937: The acting director (short film), directed by Jürgen von Alten
- 1939: Maria Ilona , directed by Géza von Bolváry
- 1940: Falstaff in Vienna , directed by Leopold Hainisch
Web links
- Carla Spletter in the music database akuma.de
- Carla spletter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Helga and Karlheinz Wendtland: Beloved Kintopp, artist biographies L – Z, Medium Film publishing house, Berlin 1994
- ^ Interim balance sheet of the sailors . In: Hamburger Abendblatt from October 16, 1964
- ^ Farewell to Carla Spletter . In: Hamburger Abendblatt from October 28, 1953.
- ↑ Nederlandse première: Berg - Lulu. Opera Nederland. 29 May 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spletter, Carla |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1953 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |