Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere

Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere (23 June 1923 – 7 December 2017) was a Soviet and Latvian operatic soprano.

She was born on 23 June 1923 in Riga, to singer Erna Heine. An uncle, Alberts Verners, was a leading baritone for the Latvian National Opera in the 1930s for which Heine-Vāgnere also performed. She studied under singers Hertas Lūses and Marijas Bolotovas.

Heine-Vāgnere began her career in 1950 and appeared in ''Macbeth (Verdi), Macbeth'' as Lady Macbeth, ''Cavalleria rusticana'' as Santuzza, ''Otello'' as Desdemona, ''Eugene Onegin (opera), Eugene Onegin'' as Tatyana, ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' as Brünnhilde and ''Lohengrin (opera), Lohengrin'' as Ortrud. Other performances included roles in Alfrēds Kalniņš's ''Banuta'', ''Salome (opera), Salome'', and ''Turandot''. She retired in November 1975, having sung in 39 distinct roles.

Heine-Vāgnere was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and also received the Order of the Three Stars, third class. She was married to architect Nikolajs Vāgners and died on 7 December 2017, aged 94.Alt URL
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1923 births
2017 deaths
Musicians from Riga
Soviet women opera singers
20th-century Latvian women opera singers
Soviet sopranos
People's Artists of the USSR
People's Artists of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour