Marie Wittich

as Brunhilde "Die Walkure" Wagner

Marie Wittich
1868-1931
German Soprano

Studied singing in Würzburg with Frau Ober-Ubrich, debut in 1882 in Magdeburg as Azucena in Il trovatore and went on to sing in Basle, Düsseldorf, Dresden,In 1889, she became a permanent member of the Dresden Royal Opera (Hofoper) Her Roles included Lenore in Fidelio and Senta in The Flying Dutchman. While at Dresden, she also sang in several world premieres, including Penelope in August Bungert's Odysseus' Heimkehr (Odysseus' Return) (1896), Ulana in Paderewski's Manru (1901), and most famously the title role of Richard Strauss' Salome (1905).