Meta Seinemeyer

Meta Seinemeyer (September 5, 1895, Berlin - August 19, 1929, Dresden) was a German opera star with an exceptionally fine spinto soprano voice.

She studied at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin with Ernst Grenzebach, and made her debut at the Deutsche Opernhaus in 1918. She joined the Dresden Semperoper in 1924, and began appearing at the Vienna State Opera in 1927.

On the international scene, she sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1923, as Elisabeth in Tannhäuser and Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, as Agathe in Der Freischütz in 1926, and at the Royal Opera House in London in 1929, as Eva, Elsa in Lohengrin and Sieglinde in Die Walküre.

Besides the great Wagner heroines, she also played an important role in the renaissance of Verdi's operas in Germany, winning considerable acclaim as Leonora in La forza del destino, Elisabeth de Valois in Don Carlos, and the title role in Aida. She was also admired as Marguerite in Faust, Maddalena in Andrea Chénier, and the title role in Tosca.

She took part in the creation of Ferruccio Busoni's Doktor Faust in Dresden in 1925.

One of the greatest German singers of her generation, her career was cut short when she died of leukemia a few weeks short of her 34th birthday. She is buried in the Stahnsdorfer Friedhof in Berlin.

Recordings

Seinemeyer made 106 recordings ^[1]. Preiser have issued a four CD collection entitled The Art of Meta Seinemeyer (89402). Other CD compilations include:

• The Art of Meta Seinemeyer Dutton CDBP 9770
• Meta Seinemeyer Hamburger Archiv für Gesangskunst 10228
• Meta Seinemeyer Pearl GEMM CD 9082
• Meta Seinemeyer Preiser 89029
• Meta Seinemeyer. Ses rôles italiens 1926 à 1928. LYS 439
• Meta Seinemeyer sings Puccini, Verdi, Giordano and Wagner Haenssler Classic 94.511

References

1. ^ Seinemeyer.com discography, accessed 17 October 2008

• Alain Paris, Le dictionnaire des interprètes, Robert Laffont, 1989. ISBN 2-221-06660-X

External links

• Vicki Kondelik's website dedicated to Seinemeyer

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Name	Seinemeyer, Meta
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Date of birth	September 5, 1895
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Date of death	August 19, 1929
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