Louise Harriers-Wippern
Louise Harriers-Wippern (28 February 1836 – 5 October 1878)[1] was a German operatic soprano. She was a member of the company at the Royal Opera in Berlin, and appeared for three seasons in London.
Life
Louise Wippern was born in Hildesheim in 1836, and was educated in the monastery in Duderstadt. From age 16 she sang solo parts at Hildesheim Cathedral, and afterwards had music lessons from Franziska Cornet in Hamburg. In June 1857 she made her first appearance at the Royal Opera House in Berlin, as Agatha in Weber's opera Der Freischütz, and later that month as Alice in Meyerbeer's Robert le diable; she was so successful as to obtain a permanent engagement in Berlin, beginning in September 1857 with these roles.[1][2]
She kept the post until her retirement, and was a great favourite both in dramatic and in the lighter parts. Roles included the title role in Louis Spohr's Jessonda, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Fidelio by Beethoven, Inez in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, the Princess of Navarre in Boieldieu's Jean de Paris, Mrs. Ankerstrom in Auber's Gustave III, Gretchen in Gounod's Faust, and Elizabeth in Tannhäuser by Wagner. In December 1859 she married at Bückeburg Eduard Harriers, an architect.[2]
She sang for three seasons in London at
In May 1868, while at
References
- ^ a b c Joseph Kürschner (1879), "Harriers-Wippern, Louise", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 10, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 640–641
- ^ A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company.
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company.
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