Anna Sutter (26 November 1871 - 29 June 1910) was a Swiss

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tic

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. Born in

Wil Wil () is the capital of the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of Wil in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Wil is the third largest city in the Canton of St. Gallen, after the city of St. Gallen and Rapperswil-Jona, a twin city that merged in ...

, she earned a diploma in piano performance from the Bern Conservatory before studying

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in Munich. She made her debut at the Volkstheater in Munich in 1892. From 1892 to 1895, she was committed to the Stadttheater von Augsburg. From 1895 until her death 15 years later she was a member of the

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.. Her career was cut short when she was murdered by conductor Aloys Obrist in her Stuttgart apartment. Prior to her death, she had broken off a romantic relationship with Obrist and become involved with the

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Albin Swoboda, Jr. who was just 17 years old at the time. Unusual for an unmarried woman at that time she gave birth to a daughter in 1900 (from Hans Freiherr von Entress-Fürsteneck) and to a son in 1902 (from Hugo Reichenberger). During her career she also performed as a guest artist at the

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, the

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, and the Frankfurt Opera among others. Her repertoire included Sieglinde in

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's '' The Ring Cycle'' and the title role in Richard Strauss' '' Salome''.

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1871 births 1910 deaths Swiss operatic sopranos 19th-century Swiss women opera singers 20th-century Swiss women opera singers People from Wil Swiss people murdered abroad Deaths by firearm in Germany People murdered in Germany {{Switzerland-opera-singer-stub