Marie Dietrich

as Princess Stella in 'La Cheval de Bronze" by Auber

Marie Dietrich
1868-1940
German Soprano
Studied at the conservatory of Stuttgart with Ferdinand Jäger and later studied with Pauline Viardot-Garcia She began as a concert singer, and made her operatic debut in 1888 at the Court Opera Stuttgart and remained until 1891 She sang at Bayreuth in 1888 as a Flower in “Parsifal” by Wagner. Guest appearance in Vienna in 1891 and then went to Berlin .She performed several times at the Court Opera of Dresden and Court Theatre of Hannover 1897-1906 and in 1896 at the Court Opera of Moscow. She appeared in 1898 at the Berlin Court Opera in the premiere of the opera 'Don Quixote' by W.Kienzl. Her farewell to the stage in the role of Marie in ‘’Waffenschmied’’ by Lortzing in 1912 . After her farewell to the stage she worked as a concert soprano and as a teacher in Berlin Her roles included Susanna in 'The Marriage of Figaro' by Mozart,Zerlina in 'Don Giovanni' by Mozart, Queen of the Night in 'The Magic Flute' by Mozart Marcellina in ‘Fidelio’ by Beethovan, Lucia in’ Lucia di Lammermoor’ by Donizetti, Marie in 'Daughter of the Regiment' by Donizetti, Princesse in 'Jean de Paris' by Boieldieu, Amina in La ‘Sonnambula' by Bellini, Queen Marguerite & Page Urbain in 'Les Huguenots', Meyerbeer,