#Emmy Leisner

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„GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG“ R. WAGNER / first act „Brünnhilde! Schwester! Schläfst oder wachst du?“ Some Waltrautes.

Rosette Anday as Waltraute; Vienna, ?

Adrienne Kraus-Osborne as Waltraute; Bayreuth, ?

Jane D'Hasty as Waltraute; Brussels, 1901

Georgette Bastien as Waltraute; Brussels, 1902

Karin Branzell as Waltraute; Bayreuth, ?

Mme. Charles Cahier as Waltraute; Munich, ?

Irene von Chavanne as Waltraute; Dresden, ?

Charlotte Dahmen as Waltraute; Munich, ?

Marie Goetze as Waltraute; Berlin, ?

Cyrena van Gordon as Waltraute; Chicago, ?

Gabriela Horvatova as Waltraute; Prague, ?

Lydia Kindermann as Waltraute; ?, ?

Ernestine Schumann-Heink as Waltraute; Bayreuth, 1914

Emmi Leisner as Waltraute; Berlin, ?

Klaudia Tugarinova as Waltraute; Moscow, 1913

Otilie Metzger-Lattermann as Waltraute; Bayreuth, ?

Margarete Matzenauer as Waltraute; Bayreuth, ?

Margarete Klose as Waltraute; Bayreuth, ?

Sigrid Onegin as Waltraute; Bayreuth, ?

Luise Willer as Waltraute; Munich, ?

Camilla Kallab as Waltraute; Bayreuth, 1942

Irmgard Barth as Waltraute; ?, ?

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Emmi Leisner – Ombra mai fu Handel 

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August 08 in Music History

1693 Birth of composer Laurent Belissen. 1746 Death of soprano Margherita L'Epine.  1754 Birth of castrato Luigi Marchesi. 

1759 Death of German composer Karl Heinrich Graun in Berlin. 

1802 Birth of conductor and inventor Wilhelm Wieprecht. 1808 First work by Rossini, age 16, is performed at the Licceo in Bologna. 1810 FP of Catel: "Les Bayadères" Paris. 1826 FP of Mercadante: "Gabreilla di Vergy" Lisbon.

1829 Mendelssohn visits Fingal's Cave and starts composing the Hebrides Overture.  1837 FP of Barnet: "Blanche of Jersey" London. 1840 FP of Erkel; F. "Báthory Mária" Prague. 1856 Death of English contralto Lucia Elizabeth Vestris, in London.  1856 FP of Delibes: "Deux vieilles gardes" Paris. 1857 Birth of French composer Cecile Chaminade in Paris.  1859 Birth of French tenor Léon Escalaïs, in Cuxac d'Aude, France.

1871 Birth of composer William Henry Squire. 1878 Birth of German tenor Robert Hutt in Karlsruhe.   1882 Birth of American pianist Olga Samaroff-Stokowski.  1885 Birth of German contralto Emmi Leisner.

1886 Birth of Italian tenor César Vezzani, in Bastia. 1886 Birth of Italian-American organist and composer Pietro Alessandro Yon.

1886 Birth of Dutch composer Daniel Ruyneman in Amsterdam. 

1887 Birth of French mezzo-soprano Alice Raveau.  1891 Birth of Italian soprano Maria Carena. 1891 Birth of German violinist Adolf Buch in Westphalia.

1897 Birth of tenor Dimiti Onofrei. 1900 Birth of Polish-American composer Victor Young in Chicago. 

1902 Birth of tenor Nino Martini in Verona.

1904 Birth of composer Istvan Szelenyi. 1905 Birth of French composer and conductor Andre Jolivet in Paris.  1905 Birth of American music librarian Carleton Sprague Smith in NYC. 1908 Birth of baritone Clemens Kaiser-Breme. 1912 Meeting between Sergei Diaghilev and Igor Stravinsky for commission of Le sacre du printemps for Ballets Russes at Karlsbad. 1916 Birth of Swedish composer Stig Rybrant in Norrkoping.  1920 Birth of Italian tenor Renato Ercolani in Perugia. 1921 Birth of American composer Roger Nixon in Tulare, CA. 1924 Birth of American composer Thomas Beversdorf. 1929 Birth of Czech violinist Josef Suk in Prague. 

1931 Birth of American composer Jonathan Elkus. 1934 Death of mezzo-soprano Anna Davidova Meitschik.  1938 Birth of Canadian composer Jacques Hetu in Quebec. 1939 Birth of American composer William Hibbard. 1940 Birth of Hungarian bass József Gregor, in Rákosliget.  1942 FP of Francis Poulenc's ballet Les Animaux modèles 'The Model Animals' at the Paris Opéra. 1943 Birth of Swedish composer Daniel Börtz in Hässleholm. 1943 FP of W. Piston's Prelude and Allegro for organ and strings, on CBS radio network by organist E. Power Biggs, Arthur Fiedler conducting. 1944 Death of Finish soprano Aino Ackte.  1946 Birth of Spanish bass Juan Pons, in Ciutadella Minora. 1946 Death of Spanish soprano Maria Barrientos. 1948 Death of tenor Andrei Labinsky.  1950 Death of Russian composer Nikolai Miaskovsky at age 69, in Moscow.  1966 Birth of American composer James Wiznerowicz. 1966 FP of Ulysses Kay's Symphonic Poem Markings in Rochester, MI. 1967 Death of Czech composer Jaromir Weinberger.

1967  Death of Dutch violinist and radio host, Max Tak.

1969 Death of Brazilian composer Hekel Tavares in Rio de Janeiro.  1973 Birth of Greek composer Ioannis Kourtis in Thessaloniki. 1976 FP of David Del Tredici's An Alice Symphony based on Lewis Carroll's work, in San Francisco, CA. 1996 Death of Swedish pianist and organist Ake Hermanson. 1990 Death of Italian tenor Franco Lo Giudice.  2013 Death of American soprano Regina Resnick.  2014 Death of Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe.

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Some famous opera singers of Waltraute, in “Götterdämmerung” by R. Wagner.

Irmgard Barth (20 March 1913, Erfurt — 13 July 1980, Munich), German mezzo-soprano.

Georgette Bastien (?-?), mezzo-soprano.

Irene von Chavanne (18 April 1863 – 26 December 1938), Austrian mezzo-soprano or alto.

Charlotte Dahmen, German mezzo-soprano later soprano (1890-?).

Gabriela Horvátová (1877-1967), Hungarian mezzo-soprano.

Lydia Kindermann (1892–1953), Polish mezzo-soprano.

Emmy Leisner (8 August 1885 in Flensburg - 12 January 1958 in Kampen), German contralto.

Margaret Matzenauer (1 June 1881 – 19 May 1963), American contralto /mezzo-soprano/soprano.

Sigrid Onegin (June 1, 1889 – June 16, 1943), Franco-German dramatic contralto.

Klaudia Tugarinova. Russian contralto.

Minna Tube (5 July 1881 – 30 July 1964), German soprano/ mezzo-soprano.

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On June 10, 1865, the world premiere of "Tristan and Isolde" by R. Wagner took place in Munich.

„Einsam wachend in der Nacht…“

Here are some of the first Mezzos to have sung the role of Brangäne over the years and contributed to the success of this work through their dedication.

Georgette Bastien, mezzo - soprano.

Mimi Berts

Cecilie Darlays

Katharina Fleischer-Edel (September 27, 1873 in Mülheim - July 18, 1928 in Dresden), German soprano.

Laura Hilgermann (13 October 1869 in Vienna – 9 February 1945 in Budapest, Hungarian Empire), Austro-Hungarian soprano/contralto.

Louise Kirkby-Lunn (8 November 1873 – 17 February 1930), English coloratura contralto (sometimes classified as a dramatic mezzo-soprano).

Luise Willer (1888–1970), German contralto.

Bella Paalen (9 July or 9 December 1881 – 28 July 1964), Austrian-American soprano of Hungarian origin.

Emmi Leisner (8 August 1885 in Flensburg - 12 January 1958 in Kampen), German contralto.

Sabine Kalter (28 March 1889 in Jarosław – 1 September 1957 in London), British mezzo-soprano/contralto.

Marie Goetze (November 2, 1865, Berlin - December 18, 1922), contralto.

Ernestine Färber-Strasser (May 12 or 15, 1884 in Königsberg - unknown location, after 1955), German contralto/mezzo-soprano.

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January 11 in Music History

1642 Birth of German organist and composer Johann Friedrich Alberti in Tönning, 

1650 Death of composer Paul Hallman, at 49. 1703 Birth of composer Columban Praelisauer. 1727 Birth of composer Franz Sebastian Haindl. 1746 Birth of Czech composer Frantisek Adam Mica.  1750 Birth of composer Johann Jakob Walder 1763 Death of Italian composer Giovanni Benedetto Platti in Würzburg, Germany. 

1800 Birth of soprano Claudine Ronzi de Begnis in Paris.  

1801 Death of Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa, in Venice at age 51.  1801 Birth of composer John Lodge Ellerton. 

1813 Death of castrato Giuseppe Aprile.

1837 Death of Irish pianist and composer John Field in Moscow, on tour. 

1843 Death of Francis Scott Key, composer of Star Spangled Banner, at age 63. 1856 Birth of Norwegian composer Christian Sinding in Kongsberg, Norway. 

1859 Birth of baritone Francisco D'Andrade in Lisbon. 

1868 Birth of soprano Charlotte Wyns in France. 

1869 Birth of soprano Berta Foerstrova-Lauterova in Prague. 

1872 Birth of composer Paul Graener. 

1875 Birth of Russian composer Reinhold Gliere in Kiev, Ukraine. 1877 Death of composer Pietro Romani, at age 85. 1880 Birth of pianist and composer Rudolf T. Palm in Curacao.

1883 Birth of baritone Giuseppe Danise in Naples. 

1885 Birth of German composer Heinrich Sthamer in Hamburg.

1893 Birth of bass Tancredi Pasero in Turin.

1894 Birth of composer Jaroslav Vogel. 

1895 FP of Johannes Brahms's Clarinet Sonata, Op. 120, no. 1. Richard Muhlfeld, clarinet and Brahms at piano, in Vienna. 

1898 Death of Italian composer Gaetano Capocci, at 86. 

1901 Death of Russian composer Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov, in Yalta at age 34. 

1902 Birth of French organist and composer Maurice Durufle in Louviers.

1905 Birth of soprano Helena Bartosova-Schutzova in Budapest. 

1906 Birth of Gwendolyn Koldofsky. 

1906 Birth of composer Johannes Paul Thilman. 

1909 Birth of composer Gunnar Johnsen Berg.

1910 Birth of American conductor Izler Solomon in St. Paul, MN.

1918 Birth of American composer Albert Weisser. 

1925 FP of Aaron Copland's Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, at Aeolian Hall in NYC. New York Symphony, Walter Damrosch conducting. Nadia Boulanger was the soloist.

1926 Birth of British conductor Alexander Gibson. 

1928 Birth of soprano Andrea Guiot in Nimes. 

1929 Birth of Polish violinist Wanda Wilkomirsaka in Warsaw.

1929 Death of Swedish composer Elfrida Andrée in Gothenberg.

1930 Death of baritone Francesco Maria Bonini. 

1931 Birth of American composer M. L. Daniels.

1934 Debut of German born American soprano Lotte Lehmann, at the MET Opera in NYC.

1935 Death of soprano Marcella Sembrich. 

1938 Birth of tenor Maurice Maievsky in Paris. 

1940 Birth of American composer Mark DeVoto.

1940 FP of Prokofiev's ballet Romeo and Juliet 

1943 Birth of American composer William Albert Penn. 

1944 Birth of German composer York Holler in Leverkusen.

1946 USAmerican citizenship granted to German composer Paul Hindemith.

1952 Death of tenor Aureliano Pertile.

1954 Death of Austrian composer Oscar Strauss, in Bad Ischl at 83. 

1955 Death of tenor Leon-Pierre Campagnola. 

1956 Death of baritone Percy Heming.

1958 Death of mezzo-soprano Emmi Leisner. 

1958 Death of composer Alec Rowley, at age 65.

1961 Death of mezzo-soprano Elena Gerhardt.

1962 Birth of American composer Alex Shapiro in NYC.

1968 Death of baritone Mariano Stabile. 

1968 FP of Rodeon Shchedrin's Chimes, by the New York Philharmonic.

1973 Death of composer Rudolf Kubin, a day after his 64th birthday.

1973 Death of Dutch composer Emmy Frensel Wegener in Laren.

1976 FP of Stephen Sondheim's Pacific Overtures in NYC.

1984 Death of composer Fritz Geissler, at 62. 

1989 Death of tenor Einar Andersson. 

1992 FP of John Harbison's song The Flute of Interior Time with text by Kabir, as translated by Robert Bly. William Parker, baritone and Allan Marks, piano at the Schauspielhaus in Berlin . The song became part of The Aids-Quilt Songbook of William Parker. 

1997 FP of Hans Werner Henze's opera Venus and Adonis by the Bavarian State Opera, in Munich.

1998 Death of conductor Klaus Tennstedt, at 71. 

2000 Death of American composer Barney Childs in Redlands, CA. 

2001 FP in USAmerica of John Adams' oratorio El Niño with Kent Nagano conducting the San Francisco Symphony and Chorus, the Piedmont Children's Choir. FP at Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris on 15 DEC 2000. 

2005 Death of Australian composer Miriam Hyde in Sydney.