Thelma Votipka

Thelma Votipka

Thelma Votipka (December 20, 1906–October 24, 1972) was an American mezzo-soprano who sang 1,422 performances with the Metropolitan Opera, more than any other woman in the companys history (her nearest rival, Mathilde Bauermeister, sang 1,062).

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Oberlin College, Votipka specialized in comprimario roles. She made her Metropolitan debut on December 16, 1935, as Flora in Verdis "La traviata", a role she sang 101 times with the company.

Other frequent roles with the Met included Giovanna in Verdis "Rigoletto" (139 performances), Marthe in Gounods "Faust" (128), Alisa in Donizettis "Lucia di Lammermoor" (116), Frasquita in Bizets "Carmen" (112), Marianne in Strausss "Der Rosenkavalier" (109), the Priestess in Verdis "Aida" (101), Gerhilde in Wagners "Die Walküre" (93), and Mamma Lucia in Mascagnis "Cavalleria rusticana" (72). Mamma Lucia was the role of her final performance, in Dallas, on May 11, 1963.

Votipka shared the stage with many artists on the occasions of their Metropolitan debuts: Marjorie Lawrence, Zinka Milanov, Rose Pauly, Eleanor Steber, Astrid Varnay, Robert Merrill, Victoria de los Angeles, Hilde Gueden, Charles Anthony, Mattiwilda Dobbs, Nicolai Gedda, and Joan Sutherland.

She returned to the Met on April 16, 1966, to sing in the quintet from "Carmen" as part of the gala farewell performance at the opera house at Broadway and 39th Street.

She died in New York in 1972.

External links

* [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/4875.htm Thelma Votipka's page at Naxos.com]
* [http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm MetOpera database]


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