Meta Seinemeyer
Meta Seinemeyer (born September 5, 1895 in Berlin , † August 19, 1929 in Dresden ) was a German opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Meta Seinemeyer was born on September 5, 1895 in Berlin as the daughter of Detective Inspector Wilhelm Seinemeyer and his wife Anna (née Wassermann). From 1909 to 1911 she attended the girls' lyceum and housekeeping school in Berlin, then - from 1911 to 1917 - she graduated from the Stern Conservatory , where Nikolaus Rothmühl was her singing teacher. In 1918 Meta Seinemeyer made her debut in the title role of Offenbach's operetta Die Schöne Helena at the opera house in Berlin-Charlottenburg , the forerunner of today's Deutsche Oper Berlin . She was engaged at the Charlottenburg Opera until 1924, when she received a call to the Dresden Semperoper , where she worked until her early death.
From January to April 1923, Seinemeyer was part of the 200-person Wagner Opera Festival Company , which, under the direction of Leo Blech and Georg Hartmann, performed at several venues in the USA.
Meta Seinemeyer died of leukemia on August 19, 1929 in Dresden . Only a few hours before her death - already lying on her death bed - she had married the conductor Frieder Weissmann . She was buried in the Stahnsdorfer Südwestfriedhof near Berlin.
Web links
- Very extensive bio-bibliography with audio samples and a list of their singing roles (English)
- Meta Seinemeyer at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ El Paso Herald , El Paso, Texas, Feb.17, 1923, p. 8; The Boston Globe , Boston, Massachusetts, April 8, 1923, p. 68
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Seinemeyer, Meta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 19, 1929 |
| Place of death | Dresden |