Dela E. Gotthelft

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Adele Elisabeth Gotthelft (born September 9, 1895 in Kassel ; died after 1943 ) was a German opera , concert and oratorio singer ( alto ).

Life

Germany

Adele Gotthelft was the third and youngest daughter of the Jewish Kassel printing owner and newspaper publisher's Richard Gotthelft (1858-1933) and his wife Selma born Alsberg (1865-1933). After completing the Lyceum and the Froebel seminar, she studied singing in Berlin with Johannes Lorie and from 1916 with Julius von Raatz-Brockmann . During her training with Konrad von Zawilowsky , she performed as a concert and oratorio singer, but then turned more to opera . In 1921 she was the first alto at the Stadttheater in Kaiserslautern , from 1922 to 1924 she had an engagement at the Landestheater Coburg , and then she sang at the Stadttheater Krefeld until 1926 . 1926–1927 she was again active as a concert singer and from 1927 to the early 1930s she was at the Görlitz City Theater . Then she went back to Berlin, where in 1932 she sang “Salomon's Judgment” from Handel's “Salomon” with Edith Boroschek .

Palestine

After the seizure of power of the Nazis and the beginning of the Nazi reign of terror their parents celebrated on June 8, 1933 jointly suicide and she fled Germany. She went to Palestine , where she initially earned her living as a milliner , but soon worked again with Edith Boroschek and Karel Salmon , who she both knew from Germany. For example, in April 1934 she sang as a soloist at a concert of the Jerusalem Academic Chorus under the direction of Karel Salmon, and in 1936 she sang a concert with Edith Boroschek. She also took part in some productions of the Palestinian Chamber Opera, which Benno Fränkel had brought to life. Since Gotthelft learned Hebrew very quickly, she was soon able to establish herself professionally. From 1939 to 1943 she was a permanent member of the radio choir of the Palestine Broadcasting Service (PBS), which in 1948 became Kol Israel (Radio Israel). After that, their track is lost.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ From 1853 to 1932 the Gotthelfts published the Casseler Tageblatt or its forerunner, Gewerbliches Tageblatt and Anzeiger for Cassel and the surrounding area.
  2. ^ Sylva M. Gelber: No Balm in Gilead: A Personal Retrospective of Mandate Days in Palestine. Carleton University Press, Ottawa, 1989, ISBN 0-88629-104-6 , p. 127
personal data
SURNAME Gotthelft, Dela E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gotthelft, Adele Elisabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera, concert and oratorio singer (alto)
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel
DATE OF DEATH after 1943