Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an

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. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in

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. Kittel first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (

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) and later premiered in a revision of ''

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''. She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in ''

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''. She also sang at the

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, where she often played Marcellina in '' The Marriage of Figaro''. She was married to opera singer Alexander Haydter. Her brother Karl Kittel was a conductor.

Films

* 1941: Aufruhr im Damenstift

References

* David Cummings. "Hermine Kittel", '' Grove Music Online'', ed. L. Macy (accessed January 16, 2007)
grovemusic.com
(subscription access). * Ludwig Eisenberg: ''Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert''. Verlag von

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, Leipzig 1903, S. 509,
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. * Andrea Harrandt:
Kittel (verh. Haydter), Hermine.
' In: ''

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.'' Online-Ausgabe, Wien 2002 ff., ; Druckausgabe: Band 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 2003, .

External links

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im '' Bayerischen Musiker-Lexikon Online'' (BMLO)
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bei ''Operissimo'' auf der Basis des '' Großen Sängerlexikons''
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an der

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Hermine Kittel
und Elise Elizza singen die ''Barcarole'' aus Hoffmanns Erzählungen
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Tonaufnahme aus dem Archiv der Österreichischen Mediathek: („Doch grausam zeigt sich der Waffen Los“ aus '' Aida (Oper)'' mit Elise Elizza) 1879 births 1948 deaths 20th-century Austrian women opera singers Operatic contraltos Singers from Vienna 19th-century Austrian women opera singers {{Austria-opera-singer-stub