Barbara Kemp
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Barbara Kemp (12 December 1881 – 17 April 1959) was a German soprano and opera singer. After a successful stage career, she retired to teach and also directed performances at the Berlin State Opera.
Life and career
Barbara Kemp was born in
Kemp married opera composer and Berlin State Opera director Max von Schillings in 1923, but continued her performing career. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1922 to 1924, making her debut in the leading role in her husband's opera Mona Lisa. The first run of Mona Lisa included five performances, which were also repeated the next year. Kemp also interpreted the roles of Kundry and Isolde at the Met.
Kemp retired from the stage in 1932, and afterward worked as a singing teacher and director at the Berlin State Opera, producing the opera Mona Lisa and
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-280028-2.
- ^ "The Record collector". 49. 2004.
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(help) - ^ "BARBARA KEMP Sings Opera". Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
External links
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- Barbara Kemp in Rosenkavalier on YouTube