Erna Denera (4 September 1881 – 16 March 1938) was a German operatic
soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
and voice teacher. She was a member of the
Berliner Hofoper (Berlin Royal Opera), from 1908 to 1921 and was awarded the title
Kammersängerin.
Denera was born in
Murowana-Goslin,
Province of Posen
The Province of Posen (german: Provinz Posen, pl, Prowincja Poznańska) was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1848 to 1920. Posen was established in 1848 following the Greater Poland Uprising as a successor to the Grand Duchy of Posen, w ...
,
Prussia
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(Murowana Goślina, Poland), she died in Berlin at age 56. Her body rests at the
Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery
The Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery (german: Südwestfriedhof Stahnsdorf der Berliner Synode) is a Protestant rural cemetery in Germany. Established in 1909, the cemetery is located in the municipality of Stahnsdorf in Potsdam-Mittelmark dist ...
near Berlin.
Recordings
From 1909 to 1915, Denera made around one hundred recordings for the labels
Odeon
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Ancient Greek and Roman buildings
* Odeon (building), ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for singing exercises, musical shows and poetry competitions
* Odeon of Agrippa, Athens
* Odeon of Athens
* Odeon of Domitian, Rome
...
/
Parlophone,
Deutsche Grammophon, Pathé, Favorite and Anker, including singing the role of Sieglinde in the first complete recording of the first act of Wagner's ''
Die Walküre'', with the
Blüthner Orchestra
The Blüthner Orchestra was a German symphony orchestra based in Berlin. Founded in 1907, it operated until 1925 when it was absorbed into the Berlin Symphony Orchestra.
The orchestra specialised in engaging young players. Its first leader (conce ...
conducted by .
References
Further reading
*
K. J. Kutsch,
Leo Riemens
Leonardus Antony Marinus Riemens (3 December 1910 – 3 April 1985) was a Dutch musicologist and cultural journalist. He wrote a book about Maria Callas, and together with Karl-Josef Kutsch began a reference book about opera singers in 1962, which ...
: ''
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. The first ...
''. Original edition. K. G. Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A–L, Sp. 702 f.,
* Paul Alfred Merbach: ''Erna Denera.'' In ''Bühne und Welt.'' 14, 1911/1912, .
* Erich H. Müller: ''Deutsches Musiker-Lexikon.'' Dresden 1929.
* '. Volume 1. Zürich 1953.
* ''
Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie'' 2nd edition, volume 2. Munich 2005, .
* Discographie Erna Denera, In ''Discographie der deutschen Gesangsaufnahmen'', volume 4. Bonn: Lotz 2005.
External links
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1881 births
1938 deaths
Burials at Stahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery
People from Poznań County
Musicians from the Province of Posen
German operatic sopranos
20th-century German women opera singers