Marie Wittich [SEP] voice type
Marie Wittich
Marie Wittich (27 May 1868 – 4 August 1931) was a German operatic soprano. She was a Kammersängerin of the Dresden Royal Opera where she sang for 25 years and was known for the power, vibrancy and dramatic quality of her voice. She created the leading female roles in the world premieres of several operas, most famously, the title role in "Salome" by Richard Strauss. The novelist E. M. Forster, who saw her 1905 Dresden performance as Brünnhilde in "Der Ring des Nibelungen",
, Stanley (ed.), "Wittich, Marie", "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1992, Vol. 4,
- Warrack, John Hamilton and West, Ewan, (eds.), "Wittich, Marie", "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera", Oxford University Press, 1992. . Accessed online via subscription 27 July 2008.
External links.
- Marie Wittich on Isoldes-Liebestod.info – biography in German and extensive photo gallery