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Elsa Cavelti, the Glossary

Elsa Cavelti (4 May 1907 – 10 August 2001) was a Swiss operatic contralto and mezzo-soprano, temporarily also a dramatic soprano, who worked at German and Swiss opera houses and as an international guest.^[1]

43 relations: Arthur Honegger, Basel, Bayreuth Festival, Bytom, Claudia Eder, Contralto, De Gruyter, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Walküre, Dramatic soprano, Ernest Ansermet, Eva Lind, Fidelio, Frank Martin (composer), Frankfurt, Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, Gabriele Schnaut, Götterdämmerung, Großes Sängerlexikon, L'incoronazione di Poppea, La Fenice, La Scala, Lohengrin (opera), Mezzo-soprano, Oper Frankfurt, Opera, Opernhaus Düsseldorf, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ortrun Wenkel, Othmar Schoeck, Res Fischer, Rorschach, Switzerland, Ruth Ziesak, Semperoper, Silesian Theatre, Tannhäuser (opera), Teatro Olimpico, Tristan und Isolde, Vienna State Opera, Voice teacher, Willy Burkhard, Zurich Opera House.
20th-century Swiss women opera singers
Academic staff of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
Swiss academics

Arthur Honegger

Arthur Honegger (10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris.

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Basel

Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.

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Bayreuth Festival

The Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.

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Bytom

Bytom (Polish pronunciation:; Silesian: Bytōm, Bytōń, Beuthen O.S.) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland.

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Claudia Eder

Claudia Eder (born 7 February 1948) is a German mezzo-soprano in opera and concert, and an academic at the Hochschule für Musik Mainz.

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Contralto

A contralto is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type.

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De Gruyter

Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter, is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

(The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.

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Der Rosenkavalier

(The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer), Op.

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Die Walküre

(The Valkyrie), WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (English: The Ring of the Nibelung).

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Dramatic soprano

A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over, or cut through, a full orchestra.

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Ernest Ansermet

Ernest Alexandre Ansermet (11 November 1883 – 20 February 1969)"Ansermet, Ernest" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Eva Lind

Eva Lind (born 14 June 1966) is an Austrian soprano singer and TV presenter.

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Fidelio

Fidelio, originally titled (Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op.

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Frank Martin (composer)

Frank Martin (15 September 1890 – 21 November 1974) was a Swiss composer, who spent much of his life in the Netherlands.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main ("Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.

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Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts

The Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts (italic, HfMDK) is a state Hochschule for music, theatre and dance in Frankfurt and is the only one of its kind in the Federal State of Hesse.

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Gabriele Schnaut

Gabriele Schnaut (24 February 1951 – 19 June 2023) was a German classical singer who started her operatic career as a mezzo-soprano in 1976 and changed to dramatic soprano in 1985.

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Götterdämmerung

(Twilight of the Gods), WWV 86D, is the last in Richard Wagner's cycle of four epic music dramas titled Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung, or The Ring Cycle or The Ring for short).

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Großes Sängerlexikon

Großes Sängerlexikon (Biographical Dictionary of Singers, literally: Large singers' lexicon) is a single-field dictionary of singers in classical music, edited by Karl-Josef Kutsch and Leo Riemens and first published in 1987.

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L'incoronazione di Poppea

L'incoronazione di Poppea (SV 308, The Coronation of Poppaea) is an Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi.

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La Fenice

Teatro La Fenice ("The Phoenix") is a historic opera house in Venice, Italy.

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La Scala

La Scala (officially italics) is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy.

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Lohengrin (opera)

Lohengrin (in German), WWV 75, is a Romantic opera in three acts composed and written by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1850.

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Mezzo-soprano

A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types.

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Oper Frankfurt

The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt.

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Opera

Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers.

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Opernhaus Düsseldorf

Opernhaus Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Opera House) is a venue and administrative headquarters of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

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Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) is a Swiss symphony orchestra, based in Geneva at the Victoria Hall.

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Ortrun Wenkel

Ortrun Wenkel (born 25 October 1942) is a German operatic contralto.

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Othmar Schoeck

Othmar Schoeck (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957) was a Swiss Romantic classical composer, opera composer, musician, and conductor.

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Res Fischer

Res Fischer (8 November 1896 – 4 October 1974) was one of the few true German contraltos of the 1930s and 1940s, and was one of the most powerful singing-actresses of her day, performing internationally.

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Rorschach, Switzerland

Rorschach is a municipality, in the District of Rorschach in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

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Ruth Ziesak

Ruth Ziesak (born 9 February 1963) is a German soprano in opera and concert.

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Semperoper

The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra).

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Silesian Theatre

Silesian Theatre (Teatr Śląski) dedicated to Stanisław Wyspiański is the largest theatre in Silesia.

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Tannhäuser (opera)

Tannhäuser (full title Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg, "Tannhäuser and the Minnesängers' Contest at Wartburg") is an 1845 opera in three acts, with music and text by Richard Wagner (WWV 70 in the catalogue of the composer's works).

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Teatro Olimpico

The italic ("Olympic Theatre") is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580–1585.

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Tristan und Isolde

Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde), WWV 90, is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan and Iseult by Gottfried von Strassburg.

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Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera is a historic opera house and opera company based in Vienna, Austria.

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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.

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Willy Burkhard

Willy Burkhard (17 April 1900 – 18 June 1955) was a Swiss composer and academic teacher, influential in both capacities.

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Zurich Opera House

The Zurich Opera House (Opernhaus Zürich) is an opera house in the Swiss city of Zurich.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Cavelti

Elsa Cavelti, the Glossary

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20th-century Swiss women opera singers

Academic staff of the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts

Swiss academics

References