Luise Jaide [SEP] voice type
Luise Jaide
Luise Jaide (also Louise Jaide-Schlosser) (26 March 1842 – 2 January 1914) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano who had an active career during the latter half of the 19th century. Among her signature roles were Amneris in "Aida", Azucena in "Il trovatore", Frau Reich in "The Merry Wives of Windsor", Idamante in "Idomeneo", Irmentraud in "Der Waffenschmied", and Mary in "The Flying Dutchman". She is best remembered today for playing
several roles in the first complete presentation of Richard Wagner's "The Ring Cycle" at the very first Bayreuth Festival in 1876.
Biography.
Born Luise Jaide in Darmstadt, Jaide studied at the Stuttgart Conservatory. She made her professional opera debut in 1859 as Pierotto in Gaetano Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix" at the Dresden Court Theater under the name Louise Orth. Subsequent engagements took her to the Municipal Theater of Bremen and the German Opera Theater in Rotterdam. From 1861 to 1862, she was committed to the