Marie Dietrich (26 January 1868 – 14 December 1939) was a German operatic

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and

voice teacher A voice teacher or singing teacher is a musical instructor who assists adults and children in the development of their abilities in singing. Typical work A voice teacher works with a student singer to improve the various skills involved in sing ...

Life

Born in

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Dietrich began her vocal studies with Mrs. Bader in Stuttgart and

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. Originally she wanted to become a concert singer, but when she heard the then court theatre director at a concert of the commercial association in Göppingen, he invited her to an audition. Thereupon she was engaged for three years at the Hoftheater Stuttgart. She liked it there, but because she felt that her voice needed further training, she took a three-month vacation in the first year and went to Paris to study with Pauline Viardot-Garcia. As she made good progress, she also went to Paris for a second and third year. In 1891 she made a guest appearance at the Hofoperntheater in Vienna as "Rosine", "Philine" and "Susanne" with such success that she was offered an engagement. But she decided for the Hofoperntheater Berlin, which had given her a contract at the same time. She stayed there until 1912 (stage farewell August 1912 as "Marie" in ''

Der Waffenschmied ''Der Waffenschmied'' (The Armourer) is an opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal t ...

'' by A. Lortzing). After that she worked as a concert singer and singing teacher. She was an excellent

coloratura Coloratura ( , , ; , from ''colorata'', the past participle of the verb ''colorare'', 'to color') is a passage of music holding elaboration to a melody. The elaboration usually takes the form of runs, trills, wide leaps or other virtuoso ma ...

singer, whose technical skill was especially praised, as well as the sparkling light fluid of her passages and

fioritura In music, fioritura ( , , meaning "flourish" or "flowering"; plural ) is the florid embellishment of melodic lines, either notated by a composer or improvised during a performance. It usually involves lengthy, complex embellishments, as opposed ...

. The voice, a modulation-capable soprano of considerable size, was characterized by an incredibly sympathetically touching timbre and a fresh, melodious sound. Her humorous roles were particularly good. Marie Dietrich died in 1939 in Berlin at age 71. Her unpreserved grave was on one of the . On which exactly, is not known.Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, , .

Recording

* J. Strauss's: ''

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'', with Willy Domgraf-Fassbaender, Margret Pfahl, Adele Kern; conductor:

Hermann Weigert Hermann Weigert (20 October 1890 in Breslau – 2 April 1955 in New York City) was a German vocal coach, pianist, and conducting, conductor. He was a vocal coach and accompanist for the Metropolitan Opera for thirteen years. Recognized as an a ...

, Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin, 1929

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Dietrich Marie
on OPERISSIMO *

at forgottenopersinger.blogspot.de
Dietrich's performances at the Wienna Staatsoper
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dietrich, Marie German operatic sopranos German voice teachers 1868 births 1939 deaths Musicians from Stuttgart

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