Fanny Opfer (24 September 1870 – 28 March 1944) was a German soprano and singing teacher.

Life

Born in Berlin, Opfer was a student of

Etelka Gerster Etelka Gerster (25 June 1855, Košice20 August 1920, Pontecchio) was a Hungarian soprano. She debuted in Italy in 1876 and sang in London the following year. In 1878, she was performing in the Academy of Music where she was considered one of ...

, Selma Nicklass-Kempner, and Raimund von Zur Mühlen. She made her debut as a concert singer in 1892. Her repertoire was made of Lieder and

Oratorio An oratorio () is a large musical composition for orchestra, choir, and soloists. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is ...

s. Besides her concert activities, she taught singing at the Breslau Conservatory and also had private pupils in Berlin. The " Machtergreifung" by the Nazis (she was in her early 60s at the time) increasingly restricted her professional activities. Nevertheless, she remained living in Berlin. In August 1943 she was deported to the

Theresienstadt Ghetto Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...

, where she was murdered the following year. The exact circumstances of her death are not known.Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names
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References

German sopranos 1870 births 1944 deaths Musicians from Berlin 20th-century German women German people who died in the Theresienstadt Ghetto {{Germany-singer-stub