Emma Seehofer
Emma Seehofer (* before 1854; † 1912 in Mannheim ) was a German opera singer ( alto ).
Life
Seehofer sang at the Bavarian State Opera from 1854 to 1887 . At the world premiere of Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold on September 22, 1869, she played the role of Erda and at the world premiere of Wagner's Die Walküre on June 26, 1870 in the role of Walküre Schwertleite . The German Stage Yearbook 1904 listed her as a court opera singer. Most recently she worked as a singing teacher in Munich.
literature
- Cooperative of German Stage Members (Ed.): New Theater-Almanach 1904. Printing and Commissions-Verlag by FA Günther & Sohn, Berlin 1907, page 201. ( digitized version )
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Großes Sängerlexikon , Volume 4. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2004, ISBN 978-3-59844-088-5 , p. 5335.
Web links
- Emma Seehofer in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Emma Seehofer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monika Beer: The bad always triumph. inFranken.de; September 22, 2013, accessed August 3, 2016.
- ^ Die Walküre: Performance History. Stanford University website . Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ Emma Seehofer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon . Retrieved August 3, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seehofer, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (alto) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1854 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1912 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |