Anna Sachse-Hofmeister

ANNA SACHSE-HOFMEISTER
26. July 1850 - 15. November 1904 Austrian Soprano

Studied at Vienna Conservatory with Adele Passy-Cornet and Heinrich Proch .Debut in Olomouc as Leonore inTrovatore by Giuseppe Verdi in 1871 . Was a member of the City Theater Würzburg where she took lead roles. 1872 she moved to the Municipal Theatre in Frankfurt (debut: Amelia in Masked Ball ) and remained there until 1876. Then Berlin Court Opera (debut: Valentine in Huguenot ) and declined the invitation to Bayreuth by Richard Wagner as Sieglinde (in Die Walküre ). 1878-1880 she was engaged at the Court Opera in Dresden From 1880 to 1882, she was supported by Angelo Neumann and was engaged at Leipzig . From there, she returned to Berlin, She remained there permanently now and worked mainly as a Wagner Interpreteurin, Guest appearances 1880 in Vienna and 1884 in London. withdrawal from the stage in 1889, then permanently in 1891. She was active as a singing teacher .