Rosa von Milde, also Rosalie von Milde, ''née'' Rosa Agthe (25 June 1827 – 25 January 1906) 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

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. She was a leading singer at the Weimar Court Theatre from 1848 to 1867, which flourished when Franz Liszt directed it. She created, among others, the roles of Elsa in Wagner's ''

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'', conducted by

Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

in 1850, and Margiana in ''

Der Barbier von Bagdad ''Der Barbier von Bagdad'' (''The Barber of Baghdad'') is a comic opera in two acts by Peter Cornelius to a German libretto by the composer, based on ''The Tale of the Tailor'' and ''The Barber’s Stories of his Six Brothers'' in ''One Thousand a ...

'' by Peter Cornelius in 1858.

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Agthe was born on 25 June 1827 into a music-loving family in

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. Her father , a chamber musician, gave her piano lessons at a young age. When her singing talent was recognised, she took voice lessons for three years with the

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Franz Götze (1814–1888). On 9 June 1845, she made her stage debut at the Weimarer Hoftheater (Weimar Court Theatre) as Amina in Bellini's ''

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''. She made her official debut as a permanent singer at the Hoftheater in September 1848 in the title role of Louis Spohr's '' Jessonda''. She had great success with roles in

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's stage works. She appeared as Elisabeth in ''

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''. On 28 August 1850, she performed as Elsa in ''

'' in the work's world premiere, conducted by Franz Liszt. Her future husband, the baritone Hans Feodor von Milde, performed as Telramund. Liszt commented: The couple married in 1851. They had two children, Franz von Milde and Rudolf von Milde (1859–1927), who also became singers, and an adopted daughter,

Natalie von Milde Natalie von Milde, Natalie Haller until 1881 (31 March 1850 – 29 March 1906) was a German writer and feminist. She was an adoptive daughter of Rosa von Milde (1827–1906) and Hans Feodor von Milde (1821–1899). Life Haller was born in ...

. The couple often appeared together on stage, for example in 1852 as Teresa and Fieramosca in the first German production of ''Benvenuto Cellini'' by Berlioz, in an arrangement by Liszt. In 1854, Milde participated in the world premieres of both

Heinrich Dorn Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn (14 November 1800 or 1804-10 January 1892) was a German conductor, composer, teacher, and journalist. He was born in Königsberg, where he studied piano, singing, and composition. Later, he studied in Berlin with Ludw ...

's ''Die Nibelungen'' and Schubert's ''

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''. She created the role of Margiana in ''

'' by Peter Cornelius in 1858. Cornelius dedicated his composition ''12 Sonette für Rosa von Milde'' to her in 1859. On 21 May 1865, she created the role of Chimene in his ''Der Cid'', while her husband appeared as Ruy Diaz. Rosa-von-Milde

In 1867, Rosa von Milde took her leave from the Weimar stage. The reason was personal differences between her and the new artistic director

Franz von Dingelstedt Franz von Dingelstedt (30 June 1814 – 15 May 1881) was a German poet, dramatist and theatre administrator. Life and career Dingestedt was born at Halsdorf, Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel), Germany, and later studied at the University of Marburg ...

. She then worked as a voice teacher and from 1876 at the Weimarer Musikschule. Rosa von Milde died in Weimar on 25 January 1906 at the age of 78.

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Teilnachlass von Rosa und Hans Feodor von Milde

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