Grete Merrem-Nikisch
Margarete Karoline "Grete" Merrem-Nikisch (7 July 1887 – 12 March 1970) was a German Reich, German operatic soprano. Life Born in Düren, Merrem-Nikisch first studied with Rudolf Schulz-Dornburg in Cologne and then at the renowned University of Music and Theatre Leipzig, Königlichen Konservatorium in Leipzig, where she also made her debut in 1910 at the Leipzig Opera. One year later she gave her first guest performance at the Berlin Court Opera as a goose maid in Humperdinck's opera ''Königskinder''. In 1913 she was engaged by the Semperoper in Dresden and took part in several premieres there: in 1916 she played the slave Arsinoë in Albert's opera ''Die toten Augen'', in 1917 the title role in Hans Pfitzner's opera ''Das Christ-Elflein'', in 1926 the Lady in Hindemith's ''Cardillac''. During this time she occasionally performed abroad, for example at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, where she sang the role of Eva in Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' in 1 ...
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