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Minna Lammert
Minna Lammert (16 February 1852 – 1921), also Minna Lammert-Tamm and Minna Tamm, was a German operatic mezzo-soprano. For decades a singer of the Berlin State Opera, Hoftheater in Berlin, she appeared in the first complete performance of Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' at the first Bayreuth Festival in 1876 as one of the Rhinemaidens. Career Born in Sondershausen, Lammert appeared as a soloist in a church performances already at age ten. After voice training at the conservatories of Coburg and Leipzig Conservatory, Leipzig, she was engaged at the Hoftheater, the Sondershausen Palace, court theatre of her home town, making her debut in 1872, as Leonore in Beethoven's ''Fidelio''. She was from 1873 until her retirement in 1896 a member of the Berlin State Opera, Hoftheater in Berlin. She was known for roles in Wagner operas, such as Mary in ''Der fliegende Holländer'', Ortrud in ''Lohengrin (opera), Lohengrin'' and Magdalena in ''Die Meistersinger'', but also appeared as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhinemaidens
The Rhinemaidens are the three Nixie (water spirit), water-nymphs (''Rheintöchter'' or "Rhine daughters") who appear in Richard Wagner's opera cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen''. Their individual names are Woglinde, Wellgunde and Flosshilde (Floßhilde), although they are generally treated as a single entity and they act together accordingly. Of the 34 characters in the ''Ring'' cycle, they are the only ones who did not originate in the Old Norse ''Eddas''. Wagner created his Rhinemaidens from other legends and myths, most notably the ''Nibelungenlied'' which contains stories involving water sprites (Neck (water spirit), nixies) or mermaids of the Danube. The key concepts associated with the Rhinemaidens in the ''Ring'' operas—their flawed guardianship of the Rhine River, Rhine gold, and the condition (the renunciation of love) through which the gold could be stolen from them and then transformed into a means of obtaining world power—are wholly Wagner's own invention, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
