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Fanny Toresella 1856 - 1914 Georgian Soprano She studied singing under her father Antonio Torresella and already in 1870 appeared at the opera house of Triesteas Fenena in Verdi’s ‘’Nabucco’’. Appeared in Italian province,La Scala ,Teatro San Carlo Naples, Buenos Aires, Teatro Regio of Turinin Russia, South America.Austria, Spain, Egypt , Portugal and London. She created in 1896 at the Teatro de la Opera of Buenos Aires the role of Musetta in the première there of Puccini’s ‘’La Bohème’’. Roles included Marguerite de Valois in ‘’Les Huguenots’’ Meyerbeer. Mascagni’s opera ‘’Le Maschere’’. Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’ She gave untill 1909 occasional guest performances and concerts in Italy and South America.

as Duke "Rigoletto" Verdi Johannes Sembach (Johannes Semfke) 1881 – 1944 German tenor. Studied at the Stern Conservatory in 1899 as a baritone,In 1904 he auditioned for Gustav Mahler, then Director of the Vienna Opera, and was offered a contract Leaving the name "Semfke" and baritone roles behind, Sembach joined the Vienna Opera as a tenor and made his debut as Moser in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on November 13, 1904.In 1907 he joined the Dresden Opera, making his debut as Don José in Carmen on August 18. In Dresden, S secured a leave from his Dresden post in 1911 to study with legendary tenor Jean de Reszke in Paris, staying with the tenor for a year and a half. He reemerged as a performer in 1913, singing in London, Berlin, Munich, and Paris. He joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in 1914

as Walter "Die Meistersanger Nurenburg" Wagner Johannes Sembach (Johannes Semfke) 1881 – 1944 German tenor. Studied at the Stern Conservatory in 1899 as a baritone,In 1904 he auditioned for Gustav Mahler, then Director of the Vienna Opera, and was offered a contract Leaving the name "Semfke" and baritone roles behind, Sembach joined the Vienna Opera as a tenor and made his debut as Moser in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on November 13, 1904.In 1907 he joined the Dresden Opera, making his debut as Don José in Carmen on August 18. In Dresden, S secured a leave from his Dresden post in 1911 to study with legendary tenor Jean de Reszke in Paris, staying with the tenor for a year and a half. He reemerged as a performer in 1913, singing in London, Berlin, Munich, and Paris. He joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in 1914

as Canio "Pagliacci" Leoncavallo Verdi Johannes Sembach (Johannes Semfke) 1881 – 1944 German tenor. Studied at the Stern Conservatory in 1899 as a baritone,In 1904 he auditioned for Gustav Mahler, then Director of the Vienna Opera, and was offered a contract Leaving the name "Semfke" and baritone roles behind, Sembach joined the Vienna Opera as a tenor and made his debut as Moser in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg on November 13, 1904.In 1907 he joined the Dresden Opera, making his debut as Don José in Carmen on August 18. In Dresden, S secured a leave from his Dresden post in 1911 to study with legendary tenor Jean de Reszke in Paris, staying with the tenor for a year and a half. He reemerged as a performer in 1913, singing in London, Berlin, Munich, and Paris. He joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera in 1914

As Carmen "Carmen" Bizet Elsa Stunzer 1886-1975 German Soprano After studies at the Leipzig Conservatory Elsa Stünzner was taught by the well-known vocal teacher Dora Erl at Dresden. She made her early debut, still as a volunteer, at the Dresden Hofoper in 1909 where she sang the Shepherd Boy inTannhäuser. She joined the company of the Dresden Hofoper (later Staatsoper) remaining there until her retirement in 1935.

as Hilda "Le Roi Aveugle’’ of Henri Févier. CREATOR 1906 Aline Vallandri 1878-1952 French Soprano Studied at the Paris Conservatory under Isnardon. Debut in 1904 at the Opéra-Comique, Paris in ‘’Mireille’’ Gounod. 1906 Opéra-Comique in the premiere of the opera ‘’Le Roi Aveugle’’ of Henri Févier. She created here several other operas (among other things in 1907 ‘’La Légende du Point d'Argenton’’ of F. Fourdrain) Roles Manon, Mélisande, Micaela in ‘’Carmen’’, Ensoleilad in ‘’Chérubin’’ of Massenet, Traviata, Donna Elvira in ‘’Don Giovanni’’, Rosenn in ‘’Le Roi d'Ys’’ of Lalo, Euridice in ‘’Orpheus’’ and Mireille. 1909 and 1918 she appeared at the Grand Opéra in Paris. Guest performances followed at the opera house of Monte Carlo ,e Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels , Lisbon Ostend ,Théâtre Lyrique Covent Garden Cologne Zurich. Also as a concert soprano

Aline Vallandri 1878-1952 French Soprano Studied at the Paris Conservatory under Isnardon. Debut in 1904 at the Opéra-Comique, Paris in ‘’Mireille’’ Gounod. 1906 Opéra-Comique in the premiere of the opera ‘’Le Roi Aveugle’’ of Henri Févier. She created here several other operas (among other things in 1907 ‘’La Légende du Point d'Argenton’’ of F. Fourdrain) Roles Manon, Mélisande, Micaela in ‘’Carmen’’, Ensoleilad in ‘’Chérubin’’ of Massenet, Traviata, Donna Elvira in ‘’Don Giovanni’’, Rosenn in ‘’Le Roi d'Ys’’ of Lalo, Euridice in ‘’Orpheus’’ and Mireille. 1909 and 1918 she appeared at the Grand Opéra in Paris. Guest performances followed at the opera house of Monte Carlo ,e Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels , Lisbon Ostend ,Théâtre Lyrique Covent Garden Cologne Zurich. Also as a concert soprano

as L Errant "La Légende du Point d'Argenton’’. Fourdrain. CREATOR 1907 Aline Vallandri 1878-1952 French Soprano Studied at the Paris Conservatory with Isnardon. Debut in 1904 at the Opéra-Comique, Paris in ‘’Mireille’’ Gounod. 1906 Opéra-Comique in the premiere of the opera ‘’Le Roi Aveugle’’ of Henri Févier. She created here several other operas (among other things in 1907 ‘’La Légende du Point d'Argenton’’ of F. Fourdrain) Roles Manon, Mélisande, Micaela in ‘’Carmen’’, Ensoleilad in ‘’Chérubin’’ of Massenet, Traviata, Donna Elvira in ‘’Don Giovanni’’, Rosenn in ‘’Le Roi d'Ys’’ of Lalo, Euridice in ‘’Orpheus’’ and Mireille. 1909 and 1918 she appeared at the Grand Opéra in Paris. Guest performances followed at the opera house of Monte Carlo ,e Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels , Lisbon Ostend ,Théâtre Lyrique Covent Garden Cologne Zurich. Also as a concert soprano

as Hansel & Gretel "Hansel & Gretel" Humperdinck Elizabeth Schumann 1888-1952 German Soprano Studied in Berlin and Dresden. She made her stage debut in Hamburg in 1909. Her initial career started in the lighter soubrette roles that expanded into mostly lyrical roles, some coloratura roles, and even a few dramatic roles. She remained at the Hamburg Opera until 1919, also singing during the 1914/15 season at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. From 1919 to 1938, she was a star of the Vienna State Opera. Her most famous role was that of Sophie in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier; but she also excelled in Mozart, taking the roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Helene Jung 1887-1975 German Mezzo Studied with Scheidemantel in Dresden. Debut 1907 Weimar and remained until 1913 . From 1914-1920 at Hamburg , 1921-1941 at Dresden . Made guest appearance in major opera houses in Germany and abroad.Vocal teacher at Weimar Conservatory from 1941 until her retirement 1963 . Created Omnisient sea shell : Agyptishe Helena " by Strauss 1928, Widow Zimmweman "Schweigsamen Frau " Strauss 1935 Gaea "Daphne" strauss 1938

as Konigskinder & Kings son "Konigskinder" Humperdinck Elizabeth Schumann 1888-1952 German Soprano Studied in Berlin and Dresden. She made her stage debut in Hamburg in 1909. Her initial career started in the lighter soubrette roles that expanded into mostly lyrical roles, some coloratura roles, and even a few dramatic roles. She remained at the Hamburg Opera until 1919, also singing during the 1914/15 season at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. From 1919 to 1938, she was a star of the Vienna State Opera. Her most famous role was that of Sophie in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier; but she also excelled in Mozart, taking the roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Otakar Mařák 1872 – 1939 Czech Tenor Debut in the title role of Charles Gounod's opera Faust on 1 February 1899 in Brno.In the same year he was engaged by the National Theatre in Prague. From 1901, he performed abroad. He was a regular member of the National Theatre between 1899–1901 and again in 1903–1907. In 1907 he left for Paris, where he continued to school his voice then in 1908–1918 performed at London's Covent Garden and Berlin's Komische Oper. Following World War I, Mařák became an American citizen and went on to teach in the country between 1934–1937.He especially excelled in Smetana parts such as Jeník in The Bartered Bride, Dalibor, Ladislav Podhajský in The Two Widows, Lucas in The Kiss as well as in traditional world repertory which saw Mařák play Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Massenet's Werther, Cavaradossi in Tosca and Alfred Germont in La Traviata. He often took on the role of Don José in Bizet's Carmen.

as Konigskinder & Fiddler "Konigskinder" Humperdinck Elizabeth Schumann 1888-1952 German Soprano Studied in Berlin and Dresden. She made her stage debut in Hamburg in 1909. Her initial career started in the lighter soubrette roles that expanded into mostly lyrical roles, some coloratura roles, and even a few dramatic roles. She remained at the Hamburg Opera until 1919, also singing during the 1914/15 season at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. From 1919 to 1938, she was a star of the Vienna State Opera. Her most famous role was that of Sophie in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier; but she also excelled in Mozart, taking the roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. Karl Armster 1883-1943 German Baritone Debut in 1906 at the Stadttheater of Essen. Other engagements: 1907-11 Komische Oper Berlin, 1911-12 Stadttheater Elberfeld, 1912-17 Stadttheater (Opera House) Hamburg. In 1914 he sang the Amfortas in 'Parsifal' and the Gunther in 'Götterdämmerung' at the Bayreuth Festival, 1917-25 member of the Staatsoper Berlin. There he sang Barak in 1920 in the premiere of 'Frau ohne Schatten' by R. Strauss, in 1930 in the world premiere of the opera 'Christopher Colomb' by Darius Milhaud. 1913 guest performance in Amsterdam .After 1925 he only gave guest performances, so 1930-31 at the State Opera as the German Opera House Berlin. In 1931 he finally took leave of the stage. Roles were the Flying Dutchman, the St. Bris in the 'Huguenots' of Meyerbeer, the Escamillo in 'Carmen', the Amonasro in 'Aida', the Marcello in 'La Bohème', the Scarpia in 'Tosca', the Sharpless in 'Madame Butterfly', the Arkel in 'Pelléas et Mélisande', the Sebastiano in 'Lowland' of d'Albert, the Orest in 'Elektra' by R.Strauss and the Borromeo in 'Palestrina' by H.Pfitzner.

as Mignon "Mignon" Thomas Elizabeth Schumann 1888-1952 German Soprano Studied in Berlin and Dresden. She made her stage debut in Hamburg in 1909. Her initial career started in the lighter soubrette roles that expanded into mostly lyrical roles, some coloratura roles, and even a few dramatic roles. She remained at the Hamburg Opera until 1919, also singing during the 1914/15 season at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. From 1919 to 1938, she was a star of the Vienna State Opera. Her most famous role was that of Sophie in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier; but she also excelled in Mozart, taking the roles of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Blonde in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro.

as Prince Orlofsky "Die Fledermaus" Strauss Hermine Kittel 1879 – 1948 Austrian contralto She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision of Ariadne auf Naxos. She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in Der Ring des Nibelungen. She also sang at the Salzburg Festival, where she often played Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro.

Oscar Kamionsky 1869 - 1917 Russian Baritone Studied at the St. Petersburg. Conservatory under Everardi, Gabel and Palechek.and Italy to study with E. Rossi. Debut 1892 at the Teatro Bellini in Naples, He sang at Florence , Royal Opera House in Athens. In 1893 he returned to Russia. He sang on opera stages of Kharkiv , Kiev , Rostov-on-Don , Tiflis . In the 1904-05 he sang at the Private Opera House of Tsereteli in St. Petersburg. From 1905-08at the S. Zimin’s Opera House in Moscow. In 1909 he made a tour around the cities of Siberia and Japan. He retired from the stage in 1915.

Marthe Rioton (Louise Estelle Elisa } 1878 - 1966 French Soprano Debut February 02, 1900 creating Louise "Louise" Charpentier. Also created Hansel and Gretel (Gretel). Sang Basoche (Colette), l'Ouragan (Lulu) and Mireille (Mireille). (At the Opéra-Comique, the only theater to which she belonged, she triumphed in Mireille, doubled Julia Guiraudon in Lulu, l'Ouragan , resumed Colette de la Basoche , created Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and especially was, for its beginnings , the first Louise.)

Marthe Rioton (Louise Estelle Elisa } 1878 - 1966 French Soprano Debut February 02, 1900 creating Louise "Louise" Charpentier. Also created Hansel and Gretel (Gretel). Sang Basoche (Colette), l'Ouragan (Lulu) and Mireille (Mireille). (At the Opéra-Comique, the only theater to which she belonged, she triumphed in Mireille, doubled Julia Guiraudon in Lulu, l'Ouragan , resumed Colette de la Basoche , created Gretel in Hansel and Gretel and especially was, for its beginnings , the first Louise.)

CHARLOTTE WYNS (Charlotte Félicie Wyns) (.Paris, 11 January 1868 - AP. 1917) French Mezzo Soprano She was a student of Crosti, Achard, and Giraudet. A few months later, in July 1891, won second prize in singing (air of the Queen of Cyprus) and a second runner-up of opera (Azucena du Trouvère air). The following year, she won three first prizes: in Fides of the Prophet for the vocals, Psyche of Ambroise Thomas Eros for the Opéra-Comique, and stage of the recognition of the Prophet for the opera. She signed a commitment with the Opéra-Comique,. Begins on October 31, 1893 in Mignon (it is she who will sing this role on the evening of the May 13, 1894). Second debut in Carmen on February 5, 1894. Either in Paris or in Aix, in Trouville, in Vichy, plays the Portrait de Manon; the Vivandière, Godard; Meal, Paul and Virginia; Charlotte, Werther; Santuzza, of Cavalleria Rusticana; the mother of Sappho. , at the Comédie-Française. She sang Gluck's successfully to an evening of the Cercle de l'Union. She spent the year 1898 in Brussels and returned triumphantly, in 1899, at the Opéra-Comique

Mario Gilion 1870 – 1914 Italian tenor He came from the South of France. He made his debut in 1901 (?) at the Teatro Sociale of Monza as Vasco da Gama in Meyerbeer’s ‘’L’africana’’. Still in the same 1901 he had big success in Modena as Raoul in ‘’Gli Ugonotti’’ and as Arnoldo in Rossini’s ‘’Guglielmo Tell’’, his both star roles. In 1901 he guested at the Royal Opera of Budapest, then at the opera houses of Venice, Genoa and Turin. Other appearances - In 1904 he appeared in Bucharest, in 1905 at the Teatro Real in Madrid, in Odessa, together with Mattia Battistini he created sensation at the Opera House of Warsaw in ‘’Guglielmo Tell''. In 1907 he sang at the Teatro Politeama in Buenos Aires, in 1910 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and in 1911 at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli. From 1910 to 1911 he appeared as a heroic tenor at the Paris Grand Opera again as Arnoldo in ‘’Guglielmo Tell’’ of Rossini and as Radames in ‘’Aida’’. (forgottenoperasingers)