Description

MARIE RAPPOLD (LONDON, 17 AUGUST, 1879 – LOS ANGELES, 12 MAY, 1957)

 

 

 

 

Her real name was Marie Winterroth. At the age of five, she already appeared in London in child roles. Later, her parents emigrated to America. She studied singing in New York under Oscar Saenger. She made her debut in 1905 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Sulamith in K. Goldmark’s Königin von Saba. She remained at the Metropolitan Opera until 1909. In 1909, she was engaged by the Opera House of Bucharest and later guest-starred in German opera houses.

Her first husband was the American doctor Julius Rappold, from whom she separated in 1906. In 1913, she married the German tenor Rudolf Berger (1874-1915), who died two years later. She was engaged again by the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1910, where she stayed until 1920. At the Metropolitan Opera, she appeared in Trovatore, Otello, Aida, Lohengrin, and Rheingold. She also appeared in the premieres of the operas Iphigénie en Tauride by Gluck (1916) and Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung by H. Goetz (1916).

During the 1920s, she undertook tours with the San Carlo Opera Company through North America and made a guest appearance in 1923 at the Opera House of Havana. In 1925, she performed in Aida at Yankee Stadium in New York. In the 1927-28 season, she was with the Chicago Opera. In 1929, she undertook a concert tour through Europe, performing in Germany and Holland. Later, she worked as a pedagogue in Los Angeles.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

Sulamith 1/2/1906, Stimme des Waldvogels 1/24/1907, Micaëla 1/29/1907, Elena 11/26/1907, Micaëla 1/12/1909, Leonora 1/28/1909, Euridice 12/27/1910, Venus 11/19/1912, Aida 12/15/1914, Leonora 11/23/1915, Elsa von Brabant 12/7/1915, Pamina 1/11/1916, Aida 6/6/1916, Elsa von Brabant 12/5/1916, Leonora 12/12/1916, Aida 11/30/1921, 11/20/1922, Leonora 12/2/1922, 11/3/1923, La gioconda 11/17/1924, Aida 2/12/1925, Leonora 2/26/1925 (Filadelfia)

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Agnus Dei (Bizet) 28008 BA 28171 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1911/1912

Agnus Dei (Bizet) 83041 3987 Edison, New York 1915-07

Aida (Verdi) A te grave cagion (w. Parvis) 82572 6274-A Edison, New York 1918-07/08

Aida (Verdi) La fatal pietra (w. Zenatello) 83035 5017 Edison, New York 1916-09

Aida (Verdi) O cieli azzurri 30039 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910

Aida (Verdi) O patria mia 82102 3789 Edison, New York 1915-04/05

Aida (Verdi) O terra addio  (w. Zenatello & chorus) 83066 5014-A Edison, New York 1916-09

Aida (Verdi) Pur ti riveggo…Fuggiam gli ardori  (w. Zenatello) 82571 5020-C, 82201 5023-C  Edison, New York 1916-09

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor 82115 3876 Edison, New York 1915-06

Aida (Verdi) Su dunque (w. Parvis) 82572 6275-A Edison, New York 1918-07/08

Attila (Verdi) Praise Ye (w. Jorn & Middleton) 83046 BA 28238 Edison, New York 1916-03

Ave Maria (Gounod) (in English) 28005 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1911/1912

Ave Maria (Gounod) (violin Spalding) 82536 3815-C Edison, New York 1915-04/05

Ave Maria (Gounod) B21 Edison 2-min cylinders, New York 1906

Ave Maria (Gounod) 28106 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1911/1912

Ave Maria (Schubert) (violin Spalding) 82258 8040-C Edison, New York 1921-06

Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Barcarole (w. Chalmers) 28024 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1911/1912

Day by day (Smith) 82161 6788 Edison, New York 1919-05

Der Lenz (Hildach); Ich liebe dich (Grieg) 83062 4944 Edison, New York 1916-08

Elégie (Massenet) 82190 7086 Edison, New York 1919/1920

Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) Sentas Ballade 82275 5426 Edison, New York 1917-03-0x

Freischutz (Weber) Wie nahte mir der Schlummer 30047 BA 28117 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910

I passed by your window (Brahe) 82233 7737 Edison, New York 1921-01

Life’s dream is o’er (Ascher) (w. Lazzari) 82158 6361 Edison, New York 1918-09

Little bunch o’ honeyness (Hahn) (w. Lyric Male Qt) 82233 7819 Edison, New York 1921-02

Lohengrin (Wagner) Das süsse Lied verhallt (w. Urlus) 83054 4683-A Edison, New York 1916-04-24

Lohengrin (Wagner) Elsas Traum 30036 BA 28187 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910

Lohengrin (Wagner) Elsas Traum B33 Edison 2-min cylinders, New York 1906

Love’s old sweet song (Molloy) (w. Criterion Qt) PA 29028 Edison, New York 1918-07/08

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Chi mi frena (w. Matzenauer, Zenatello, Middleton, Chalmers & Baroni) 82266 5224-C Edison, New York 1916-12-20

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Tutti i fior (w. Lazzari) 82213 6857-A Edison, New York 1919-07-03

Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide 82259 4953-B Edison, New York 1916-08

Martha (Flotow) The last rose of summer 28193 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1911/1912

Martha (Flotow) The last rose of summer 83076 4862-F Edison, New York 1916

O Lord, be merciful (Bartlett) (1916) BA 28210 Edison, New York date?

O, divine Redeemer (Gounod) 83076 PA 29048 Edison, New York 1916-02

Otello (Verdi) Ave Maria 82242 7975-C Edison, New York 1921-05

Reine de Saba (Gounod) Plus grand dans son obscurité 82285 8186 Edison, New York 1921

Robin Hood (de Koven) O promise me 28029 BA 28165 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1911/1912

Serenade (Gounod) BA 28175 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1911/1912

Sing me love’s lullaby (Morse) 82219 6457 Edison, New York 1918-10

Smiles (Roberts) 82150 PA 29020 Edison, New York 1918-09

Stabat Mater (Rossini) Inflammatus wih chorus 82101 BA 28212 Edison, New York 1915-01 (late 1914)

Starry night (-) 82285 8531 Edison, New York 1922-06/07

Stille Nacht (Gruber) 83063 BA 28249 Edison, New York 1916-08

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Allmächt’ge Jungfrau B43 Edison 2-min cylinders, New York 1906

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Dich teure Halle 82114 3745 Edison, New York 1915-04/05

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Elisabeths Gebet 73006 8497-C Edison, New York 1922-06/07

Tannhäuser (Wagner) Gepriessen sei die Stunde (w. Urlus) 82279 5529-C Edison, New York 1917-05-01

Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte  82107 3801-C Edison, New York 1915-04/05

Trovatore (Verdi) Mira d’acerbe lagrime (w. Parvis) PA 29015 82573 Edison, New York 1918-07/08

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere (w. Zenatello & chorus) 82288 5007-A Edison, New York 1916-09

Trovatore (Verdi) Vanne, lasciami 30033 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910

Trovatore (Verdi) Vivra! contende (w. Parvis) 83083 6259-B Edison, New York 1918-07/08

Walküre (Wagner) Siegmund heiss’ ich (w. Urlus) 82277 5533 Edison, New York 1917-05

Weiss ich dich in meiner Nähe (Abt) (w. Urlus) BA 28251 Edison, New York 1916-04-24

Wenn die Schwalben heimwärts zieh’n (Abt) (w. Urlus) BA 28242 Edison, New York 1916-04-25

Wenn die Schwalben heimwarts zieh’n (Abt) with Jacques Urlus BA 28242 4687 Edison, New York 1916-04-25

Whispering hope (Hawthorne) (w. Ellerman) 82543 10332 Edison, New York 1925

Whispering hope (Hawthorne) (w. Miller) 82543 BA 28233 Edison, New York 1915-12

Your heart is calling mine (Hambler) 82179 6767 Edison, New York 1919-05

Zauberflöte (Mozart) Là dove prende (w. Laurenti) 82242 7728-C Edison, New York 1921-01-07