Lina Abarbanell [SEP] voice type
Lina Abarbanell
Lina Abarbanell (January 3, 1879 – January 6, 1963) was a German-American soprano singer who performed in grand and light opera and musical comedy. She made her debut at sixteen at the Neues Theatre, Berlin and was first introduced to American theatergoers in 1905 as the soubrette in the Josef Strauss operetta "Frühlingsluft" ("Spring Air"). Abarbanell made opera history later that year as Hänsel in The Met's debut production of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hänsel und Gretel." Abarbanell
on Broadway productions for nearly the remainder of her life. Abarbanell's only known film credit was as a casting consultant on the 1954 musical "Carmen Jones".
Death.
Abarbanell died after a short illness on January 6, 1963, at Montefiore Hospital, in the Bronx, New York.
External links.
- Lina Abarbanell papers, 1886-1963, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- Images of Lina Abarbanell, held by the Billy Rose