Käthe Maas
Käthe Maas , married Käthe Maas-Belker , (* 1920 ; † 2002 ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ). She was married to the conductor and artistic director Paul Belker (1901–1976) and occasionally appeared as Käthe Maas-Belker .
Life
Her first job was in 1938 at the Dortmund Theater . This was followed by an engagement from 1940 to 1941 at the Teplitz-Schönau Theater in Bohemia . Her career at the Stadttheater von Kiel began in 1941. From 1943 onwards it was interrupted by the Second World War, after which it lasted until 1949. From then on, she worked at the Hamburg State Opera until 1952. In the same year she moved to the Landestheater Darmstadt and stayed there until 1957. She was a member of the Wuppertal Opera House until she left the stage in 1971 .
Repertoire (selection)
- Drusilla in L'incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi
- Pamina in The Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Servilia in La clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Berthalda in Undine by ETA Hoffmann
- Isotta in The Silent Woman by Richard Strauss
- The Lady in Cardillac by Paul Hindemith
- Title role in Die Kluge by Carl Orff
- Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy
- Liu in Turandot by Giacomo Puccini
- Title role in Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák
Individual evidence
- ↑ Käthe Maas at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Maas, Kathe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maas-Belker, Käthe (married name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1920 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2002 |