Elisabeth Rethberg |

Elisabeth Rethberg

Debut 1915 (Dresden, part of Agatha in The Free Shooter). In 1922-42, the singer performed with great success at the Metropolitan Opera (debut as Aida). Her skill was highly appreciated by Toscanini. She sang the title role in the world premiere of Strauss’ Helena of Egypt (1928, Dresden). She often performed (since 1922) at the Salzburg Festival (Constanza in Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio, Leonora in Fidelio, Donna Anna, etc.). The repertoire also includes the parts of the Marshall in R. Strauss’s “The Rosenkavalier”, Eva in Wagner’s Die Meistersingers of Nuremberg, Elsa in “Lohengrin” and others. , Melodram).

E. Tsodokov