Description

ERIKA WEDEKIND (SOPRANO) (HANNOVER, GERMANY, 13. 11. 1868 † ZURCH, SWITZERLAND, 10. 10. 1944)

 

 

 

 

From 1891 to 1894, she studied singing under Gustav Scharfe and Aglaja von Orgeni in Dresden. She made her stage debut (1894) at the Dresden Royal Opera as Frau Fluth in Nicolai’s ”Lustigen Weiber von Windsor”. She was an immediate sensation and remained the celebrated principal coloratura soprano at the Dresden Opera until 1909. At Covent Garden in 1903 she introduced her interpretation of Rosina to the London audiences. She was acclaimed in this role by an enthusiastic critic of The London Times: “[Her] voice is a light soprano, and she is what the Germans call a ‘coloratur’ singer of rare skill, her execution of scales being almost as perfect as Mme Melba’s. She sang ‘Una voce’ with a profusion of ornament which was almost bewildering. . . .”

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1894-1909 Dresden Hofoper

1896 Moscow Concert

1896 Zurich Stadttheater

1897 Moscow Concert

1898 Dresden Hofoper

1899 Zurich Stadttheater

1900 Holland Concert

1901 Dresden Hofoper

1903 London Covent Garden

1904 Vienna Hofoper

1905 Zurich Stadttheater

1907 Dresden Hofoper

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Arie der Rosine, pt 2 43713 198r G&T, Berlin 1905-06-24
2. Die Schönen von Fogaras (Grünfeld) Gänselied 43956 3408r G&T, Berlin 1907-10-04
3. Ernani (Verdi) Ernani involami (It) 53464 197r G&T, Berlin 1905-06-24
4. Fille du Régiment (Donizetti) Weiss nicht die Welt (w. chorus) 43948 3410r G&T, Berlin 1907-10-04
5. Fra Diavolo (Auber) Erblickt auf Felsenhöhen (w. Burian) 2-44461 5071r Gramophone, Dresden 1908
6. Fra Diavolo (Auber) Welches Glück 2-43205 5075r Gramophone, Dresden 1908
7. I hab’ a Hüsli nett und blank (Abt) 43704 202r G&T, Berlin 1905-06-24
8. Komm’, Frau Nachtigall (Wunderlich) 2-43204 5079r Gramophone, Dresden 1908
9. Lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Nicolai) Nun eilt herbei 043063 107s G&T, Berlin 1905-06-24
10. Mignon (Thomas) Kam ein armes Kind (Styrienne) 2-43174 5083r Gramophone, Dresden 1908
11. Mignon (Thomas) Kennst du das Land 2-43173 5074r Gramophone, Dresden 1908
12. Mignon (Thomas) Schwalbenduett (w. Rains) 2-44460 5062r Gramophone, Dresden 1908
13. Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Un moto di gioia 53538 5063r Gramophone, Dresden 1908