Lydia Aadre

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Lydia Aadre (until 1935 Lydia Adler , from 1941 to 1944 Lydia Uuli , then Lydia Aadre-Uuli ; born June 24, 1904 as Lydia Patrason in Ligowo , Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire , † September 2, 1957 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was one Estonian singer with a soprano voice  .

Life

Lydia Aadre comes from a farming family. Her father was Johann Patrason (1873–1970), her mother Bertha Patrason (1879–1942). She attended a girls' high school in Tartu . She received her school leaving certificate in 1923. Then she attended the high music school in Tartu. Her singing teacher was Angelina Mahotina. After 1931 she attended the Music Conservatory in Tartu. Here she was taught by Aleksander Arder (1894-1966) and graduated in 1935. From 1932 she appeared as a singer in Estonia. From 1935 to 1944 she sang the major opera roles in her field in Tallinn . She sang both Musette and Mimi in La Bohème , Elisabeth in Don Carlos , Leonora in Il trovatore , Elisabeth in Tannhäuser , Vaike in Vikerlased , Nedda in Pagliacci and Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly . - In 1944 she fled to Vienna and then went to Germany. From 1945 to 1946 she was in Lübeck and from 1946 to 1950 in Blomberg . Here she was involved in the artists' association of the so-called Lettenlager, which was maintained by the refugee organization of the United Nations, UNRRA, in sixty confiscated houses in the city . After the camp was closed, she went to the USA in 1951. After crossing the Atlantic on a ship of the International Refugee Organization with the help of the National Catholic Welfare Conference , she reached Indianapolis in April 1951 . Here she gave several recitals and concerts over the course of the year. She later lived in Buffalo and New York City . She was a member of the Estonian Society of Indianapolis and a board member of the Estonian Center for the Performing Arts in the USA. Lydia Aadre has performed as a concert singer in Germany, England and the USA. She was married to Alexander Adler (1902–1933) and after his death from 1941 to 1944 with the director and tenor Eino Uuli (1906–1976).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Lydia Aadre. In: TLÜAR väliseesti isikud. Retrieved September 21, 2017 (Estonian).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Aadre, Lydia - Eesti Entsüklopeedia. (No longer available online.) In: Eesti Entsüklopeedia. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017 ; Retrieved May 24, 2019 (Estonian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / entsyklopeedia.ee
  3. ↑ Patrick Bockwinkel: When Blomberg was a "Letten-Lager" | Blomberg . In: Blomberg . ( lz.de [accessed on September 21, 2017]).
  4. ^ Operatic Estonian DP on way to Hoosierland . In: The Indianapolis Star . Indianapolis, Indiana April 14, 1951, pp. 25 (English, newspapers.com ).


personal data
SURNAME Aadre, Lydia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adler, Lyda (until 1935); Patrason, Lydia (maiden name); Aadre-Uuli, Lydia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Ligowo, Saint Petersburg , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH 2nd September 1957
Place of death Baltimore , Maryland