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

 

 

1. Agnus Dei (Bizet) 28008 BA 28171 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 19178 RPM11912
2. Aida (Verdi) A te grave cagion (w. Parvis) 82572 6274-A Edison, New York 1918-0708
3. Aida (Verdi) La fatal pietra (w. Zenatello) 83035 5017 Edison, New York 1916-09
4. Aida (Verdi) O cieli azzurri 30039 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910
5. Aida (Verdi) O terra addio with Giovanni Zenatello & chorus 83066 5014-A Edison, New York 1916-09
6. Aida (Verdi) Pur ti riveggo… Fuggiam gli ardori with Giovanni Zenatello 82571 5020-C, 82201 5023-C  Edison, New York 1916-09
7. Aida (Verdi) Su dunque (w. Parvis) 82572 6275-A Edison, New York 1918-0708
8. Attila (Verdi) Praise Ye with Carl Jorn and Arthur Middleton 83046 BA 28238 Edison, New York 1916-03
9. Ave Maria (Gounod) (in English) Edison 28005
10. Ave Maria (Gounod) B21 Edison 2-min cylinders, New York 1906
11. Ave Maria (Gounod) Edison 28106 1912
12. Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Barcarole (w. Chalmers) 28024 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 19111912
13. Day by day (Smith) 82161 6788 Edison, New York 1919-05
14. Der Lenz (Hildach); Ich liebe dich (Grieg) 83062 4944 Edison, New York 1916-08
15. Freischutz (Weber) Wie nahte mir der Schlummer 30047 BA 28117 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910
16. Life’s dream is o’er (Ascher) (w. Lazzari) 82158 6361 Edison, New York 1918-09
17. Lohengrin (Wagner) Das susse Lied verhallt (w. Urlus) 83054 4683-A Edison, New York 1916-04-24
18. Lohengrin (Wagner) Elsas Traum 30036 BA 28187 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910
19. Lohengrin (Wagner) Elsas Traum B33 Edison 2-min cylinders, New York 1906
20. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Chi mi frena (w. Matzenauer, Zenatello, Middleton, Chalmers & Baroni) 82266 5224-C Edison, New York 1916-12-20