Grete Forst [SEP] voice type
Grete Forst
Grete Forst (August 18, 1878 – June 1, 1942) was an Austrian soprano.
Born Margarete Feiglstock to a Jewish family in Vienna, Forst made her operatic debut in Cologne in 1900 in the title role of "Lucia di Lammermoor" Three years later, made her Vienna State Opera debut in the same role and was made a member of the company by Gustav Mahler. In 1908 she sang in the premiere of Karl Goldmark's "Ein Wintermärchen" with Leopold Demuth.
She remained in
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- Photo of Henriette Gottlieb
- Opera Nederland webpage, by Mark Duijnstee Article in Dutch with photo Article also has photos and short bios in Dutch of other victims of the Holocaust: Richard Breitenfeld, Grete Forst, Juan Luria, Theodore Ritch, and Ottilie Metzger.
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Henriette_Gottlieb.jpg