Katherina Senger-Bettaque

as Elizabeth "Tannhauser" Wagner

Katherina Senger-Bettaque
1862-19??
German Soprano
Studied in Berlin with Heinrich Dorn .Debut Hofoper in 1879 in Rubinstein’s opera “Ferramors”. she sang the German premieres of Tschaikowykys “Eugene Onegin” Tatjana , “Manon” by Massenet, the title role. In 1893-1906 Court Opera in Munich, 1906-1910 Court Theatre of Stuttgart.
1888 she sang at the first performance of “Parsifal” at the Bayreuth Festival in the role of Eva, one of the flower girl in “Parsifal”.Guest appearances at the Covent Garden Opera in London London’s Drury Lane Theatre and Metropolitan Opera New York Roles included Freia, Sieglinde ,Gutrune, Eva,
Venus,Selika , Elsa and Marguerite