Notes and Editorial Reviews
Sabine Kalter was born in Jaroslau, Galicia. She studied at the Vienna Music Academy before Rainer Simons, then director of the Vienna Volksoper, was able to obtain the 23 year old's services. Already her first two roles in Wolf-Ferrari and D'Albert revealed that she would soon be moving on to bigger stages. In fact, she left Vienna two years later for the Hamburg Opera House where she sang in Aida. The standards Kalter had to live up to were considerably higher than in Vienna. In no time she became one of Hamburg's most popular singers. Soon she was invited to sing on the international stage and appeared for the first time at the Vienna State Opera in 1924. The end of her career in Germany was humiliating. As a Jewish singer she was
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considered "persona non grata" and was forced to leave the Hamburg stage after almost two decades. She moved to London and appeared regularly at Covent Garden. London became her home where she went on to appear in concerts and became a singing teacher. In 1950 she gave one last concert in Hamburg. She died in London in 1957. Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
La juive: Il va venir by Jacques Halévy
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1835; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 09/02/1925
Language: German
2.
Rienzi: Gerechter Gott! by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1840-1843; Germany
Date of Recording: 09/02/1925
Language: German
3.
Il trovatore: Excerpt(s) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano),
Hans Heinz Bollman (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 05/05/1926
Language: German
4.
Il trovatore: Ai nostri monti by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano),
Richard Tauber (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/30/1923
Language: German
5.
Aida: Duet(s) by Giuseppe Verdi
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano),
Richard Tauber (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1871; Italy
Date of Recording: 04/20/1923
Language: German
6.
Le Prophčte: Ah, mon fils! by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/23/1923
Language: German
7.
Le Prophčte: O prętres de Baal by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Date of Recording: 05/23/1923
Language: German
8.
L'Africaine: Aria(s) by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Germany
Date of Recording: 04/13/1923
Language: German
13.
Hérodiade: Il est doux, il est bon by Jules Massenet
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; France
Date of Recording: 03/13/1925
Language: German
14.
Wesendonck Lieder: no 4, Schmerzen by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1857-1858; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/12/1924
Language: German
15.
Wesendonck Lieder: no 5, Träume by Richard Wagner
Performer:
Sabine Kalter (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1857-1858; Germany
Date of Recording: 12/12/1924
Language: German
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