Description

LOUISE HOMER (PITTBURGH, 28. 4. 1871 † WINTER PARK, FLORIDA, 6. 5. 1947)

 

 

 

 

After a period of vocal study in Europe her initial performances were met with lukewarm reviews. Her voice was described as loud and hard with little temperament. However, with the test of time she went on to make a number of successful recordings. The Metropolitan Opera, appreciating (or taking advantage of) her vocal diversity, contracted her for twenty-two seasons. In that period she sang over forty-two roles in 700-plus appearances.

 

 Chronology of some appearances

 

Siébel 12/20/191900, Urbain 1/8/191901, Schwertleite 1/10/191901, Amneris (Filadelfia) 1/15/191901, Marta 1/17/191901, Pantalis 1/17/191901, Schwertleite 1/29/191901, Maddalena (Filadelfia) 2/28/191901, Lola 2/28/191901, Amneris 1/23/191902, Schwertleite 2/13/191902, (Filadelfia) Hedwig 2/18/191902, Venus 12/23/191902, Schwertleite 1/29/191903, Waltraute (Filadelfia) 2/5/191903, Floßhilde 2/5/191903, Amneris 2/26/191903, Brangäne 3/3/191903, (Filadelfia) Zweite Dame der Königin 3/12/191903, Maddalena 12/29/191903, Lola (Filadelfia) 1/12/1904, Fricka 3/8/1904, Schwertleite 3/8/1904, Floßhilde 3/12/1904, Ortrud (Filadelfia) 1/3/1905, Brangäne 1/17/1905, Magdalene 1/31/1905, Laura Adorno (Filadelfia) 2/28/1905, Fricka 12/19/1905, Schwertleite 12/19/1905, Die Knusperhexe (Filadelfia) 1/4/1906, Nancy 1/15/1907, Amneris 2/7/1907, Suzuki 2/14/1907, Brangäne (Filadelfia) 2/19/1907, Die Knusperhexe 3/5/1907, Brangäne 1/28/1908, Azucena (Filadelfia) 3/3/1908, Amneris 12/1/1908, Brangäne 1/7/1909, Magdalene 2/2/1909, (Filadelfia) Erda 3/4/1909, Fricka 3/11/1909, Waltraute 3/11/1909, Erda 3/18/1909, Waltraute (Filadelfia) 3/25/1909, Floßhilde 3/25/1909, Amneris 11/9/1909, Brangäne (Filadelfia) 1/4/1910, Fricka 2/8/1910, Waltraute 2/8/1910, Amneris 3/10/1910, Orfeo (Filadelfia) 12/27/1910, Die Hexe 2/14/1911, Ortrud 3/28/1911, Laura Adorno 4/4/1911, (Filadelfia) Amneris 4/19/1912, Laura Adorno 1/7/1913, Dritte Dame der Königin (Filadelfia) 1/14/1913, Orfeo 1/21/1913, Brangäne 3/7/1916, Dalila 11/28/1916, Azucena (Filadelfia) 12/12/1916, Erda 12/26/1916, Amneris 1/7/1919 (Filadelfia).

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) Der kleine Sandmann bin ich 88419 C12845-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1913-01-25
2. Hänsel und Gretel (Humperdinck) Hexenritt (w. Gluck) 87131 B12848-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1913-01-25
3. Orfeo ed Euridice (Gluck) Che farò senza Euridice 88285 C8611-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1911-02-06
4. Les filles de Cadiz (Delibes) 87008 B4517-2 Victor, 1907-05-28
5. Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Tchaikovsky) 87265 B18040-1 Victor, Camden NJ 1916-06-30
6. Gioconda (Ponchielli) Voce di donna 85104 C3874-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1912-12-13
7. Venetian song (Tosti) (w. Homer-Stires) 87578 B26433-5 Victor, Camden NJ 1922-04-26
8. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Je viens célébrer la victoire (w. Caruso & Journet) 89088 C22575-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1919-02-10
9. When the roses bloom (Reichardt) 87327 B22628-4 Victor, Camden NJ 1920-04-30
10. Der Engel (Rubinstein) 89071 C13130-1 Victor, New York 1913-04-15
11. Don Carlo (Verdi) O don fatale 85043 C2238-1 Victor, 1905-02-11
12. Messiah (Händel) He was despised 88574 C18041-1 Victor, Camden NJ 1916-06-30
13. Messiah (Händel) O thou that tellest 88614 C22629-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1919-03-17
14. Stabat Mater (Rossini) Quis est homo (w. Gluck) 88380 C11867-1 Victor, Camden NJ 1912-04-12
15. Alceste (Gluck) Divinites du Styx 88286 C9911-1 Victor, Camden NJ 1911-02-06
16. Norma (Bellini) Mira, o Norma (w. Gluck) 88576 C12847-2 Victor, Camden NJ 1916-09-25