Camilla Kallab
Camilla Kallab | |
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Born | Staatsoper Dresden | 22 October 1910
Camilla Kallab (born 22 October 1910, last mentioned 1946[1]) was an Austrian and later German operatic mezzo-soprano who appeared internationally.
Life and career
Born in
From 1946 to 1949, Kallab was engaged at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and from 1949 at the Komische Oper Berlin. In 1946 she was seen and heard in Graz. Guest appearances took her to Berlin, Brussels and Amsterdam as well as to the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos of Lisbon.[2]
Her repertoire included Wager's Ortrud in
Parallel to her stage performances, she was a concert singer. She sang, for example, under the direction of Fritz Busch, Wilhelm Furtwängler and Richard Strauss. A recording of a Bayreuth Meistersinger performance from 1943, with her as Magdalene, was released on HMV-Electrola in 1976. Her partners were Paul Schöffler, Ludwig Suthaus, Erich Kunz, Frederick Dalberg, Erich Witte and Hilde Scheppan, with the Bayreuth Festival choir and orchestra conducted by Hermann Abendroth. She also appeared at a 1942 Bayreuth recording of Götterdämmerung.[4]
References
- ^ "Kallab, Camilla", Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online
- ^ ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
- ^ Performances with Camilla Kallab, Vienna State Opera, retrieved 12 July 2021
- ^ Bayreuth 1942 on bayern-online
External links
- Camilla Kallab discography at Discogs
- "Isoldes Liebestod", short biography with three portraits and five role models