Elsa Cavelti
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Elsa Cavelti (4 May 1907 – 10 August 2001) was a Swiss operatic contralto and mezzo-soprano, temporarily also a dramatic soprano, who worked at German and Swiss opera houses and as an international guest. She was an academic voice teacher in Frankfurt.
Career
Born in
In 1944, she returned to Switzerland, singing as the leading dramatic contralto at the
In 1959, she studied to be a dramatic soprano. Her roles included the title role of Beethoven's Fidelio, Brünnhilde in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier.[1] She appeared at the 1966 Bayreuth Festival as the second Norn in Wagner's Götterdämmerung.[2]
Cavelti was also an oratorio and Lieder singer. She sang in 1945 in the premiere of
In October 1954 she recorded Robert Oboussier's Antigone (recitative, aria and elegy after Sophocles) with Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Ernest Ansermet (Decca LXT 5097).
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Kutsch & Riemens 2004, p. 777.
- ^ a b Bayreuth 1966.
- ^ a b Kutsch & Riemens 2004, p. 778.
Sources
- ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
- "Elsa Cavelti". Bayreuth Festival (in German). Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
Further reading
- OCLC 62309181.
External links
- "Cavelti, Elsa / mezzosoprano", Operissimo