Katharina Wilhelmina Fleischer-Edel

as Elizabeth in "Tannhauser" by Wagner

Katharina Wilhelmina Fleischer-Edel
1873-1928
German Soprano.
Studied at the Conservatory of Cologne with August Iffert and at Dresden.Stage debut 1893 at Dresden in concert with the Dresden Choral Society.Opera debut 1894 as bridesmaid in “Die Freischutz” She went to the Hamburg Opera in 1897 and remained for 17 years . She guested including in Bayreuth, Paris, Saint Louis , Stockholm , Vienna, London, New York ,Zurich ,Prague and Bayreuth.She sang the Wagner roles of Sieglinde “Die Walkure” ,Eva “Meistersanger”,Elizabeth “Tannhauser” ,Brangaene ‘Tristan & Isolde” , Guntrune “Gotterdammerung” as well as Desdemona “Othello” Verdi and Marguerite “La Damnation of Faust” Berloiz.She taught singing at Dresden