Ada Soder-Hueck (1874 – January 8, 1936) was a European-born American contralto singer and voice teacher.
Early life
Ada Soder-Hueck was born in
Amsterdam
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or Berlin (sources vary). She studied piano as a child, and later voice with contralto
Marianne Brandt in Berlin and Vienna.
In 1903 she spent six months studying in Berlin with
Lilli Lehmann
Lilli Lehmann, born Elisabeth Maria Lehmann, later Elisabeth Maria Lehmann-Kalisch (24 November 1848 – 17 May 1929) was a German operatic soprano. She was also a voice teacher.
Biography
The future opera star's father, Karl-August Lehmann, w ...
.
Career
Soder-Hueck, a dramatic contralto of "remarkable vocal quality", sang with the
Vienna Opera
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. She was an established singer in
St. Louis, Missouri by 1902, and performed at the
St. Louis World's Fair
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in 1904. She sang with the
New York Symphony.
Soder-Hueck taught voice according to the
Manuel Garcia method, from a studio in the
Metropolitan Opera House building, from 1910 until her death in 1936.
She attended the 1915 New York State Music Teachers' Association Convention. Her students included several working vocalists, some of whom were church soloists, radio performers, touring concert singers, and a
cantor
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In Judaism, a cantor sings and lead ...
.
Personal life
She had a son, Frederick, born in 1898.
She died in 1936, aged 62 years, from a stroke, in New York City.
References
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1874 births
1936 deaths
American music educators
American contraltos