Maude Fay

as Sieglinde in "Die Walküre " by Wagner

Maude Maude
18 April 1878 – 7 October 1964
American Soprano

Studied with Aglaja von Orgeni in Dresden. Debut in 1906 at the Court Opera in Munich as Marguerite in 'Faust' by Gounod. She stayed until 1914 active in Munich and was primarily known as a Wagner soprano. She sang in 1908 the title role in the Munich premiere of the opera "Donna Diana" by Reznicek, Chrysothemis in" Elektra "(1908) and the title character in' Ariadne auf Naxos' (1913) in the premieres of Richard Strauss operas at the Court Opera in Munich. She had great success there as the Countess in 'The Marriage of Figaro' and as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni; their other roles in Munich were the Elsa in 'Lohengrin', the title role in 'Jessonda' of L.Spohr that Ada in 'The Fairies' by R. Wagner, the Norma and Irene 'Rienzi' by R. Wagner. She also appeared at the City Theatre of Zurich (1909), and Berlin Court Opera (1909), at Frankfurt (1910) and Leipzig (1911). At Covent Garden London, she sang in 1914 as Sieglinde in 'Valkyrie', as Gutrune in 'Götterdämmerung' and as Elsa in 'Lohengrin' Further guest performances at the Court Opera of St. Petersburg, in Brussels and 1912-13 in Amsterdam, where she was Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Sieglinde in 'Valkyrie' 1915-17 .Metropolitan Opera New York. There she sang in 1916 the role of Sieglinde, and Elsa . In the 1916-17 season she was engaged at the Opera of Chicago. 1920-21 she was again heard at the San Carlo Opera Company in the United States. After she married the American naval officer Powers, she made rare guest performances and concerts.