In 1944, she returned to Switzerland, singing as the leading dramatic contralto at the Opernhaus Zürich.[1] She appeared as Brangäne in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, as Fricka in his Die Walküre, as Ortrud in his Lohengrin, and in the title role (Octavian) of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, among others. In 1949, she took part in the premiere of Willy Burkhard's Die schwarze Spinne.[1] The same year, she performed in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, both at Vicenza's Teatro Olimpico and at La Fenice in Venice. She performed as a guest at La Scala in Milan several times, including Octavian, Brangäne, Venus in Wagner's Tannhäuser, and the title role of Honegger's Judith. She appeared as a guest at the Vienna State Opera, in Belgium, France, United Kingdom, in Argentina, and the US.[1]
In 1959, she studied to be a dramatic soprano. Her roles included the title role of Beethoven's Fidelio, Brünnhilde in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier.[1] She appeared at the 1966 Bayreuth Festival as the second Norn in Wagner's Götterdämmerung.[2]
Andreas Kotte, ed. (2005). "Elsa Cavelti". Theaterlexikon der Schweiz (TLS) / Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse (DTS) / Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero / Lexicon da teater svizzer [Theater Dictionary of Switzerland]. Vol. 1. Zürich: Chronos. pp. 364–365. ISBN978-3-0340-0715-3. LCCN 2007423414. OCLC 62309181.
elsa, cavelti, 1907, august, 2001, swiss, operatic, contralto, mezzo, soprano, temporarily, also, dramatic, soprano, worked, german, swiss, opera, houses, international, guest, academic, voice, teacher, frankfurt, interior, opernhaus, zürich, where, singer, le. Elsa Cavelti 4 May 1907 10 August 2001 was a Swiss operatic contralto and mezzo soprano temporarily also a dramatic soprano who worked at German and Swiss opera houses and as an international guest She was an academic voice teacher in Frankfurt Elsa CaveltiInterior of the Opernhaus Zurich where the singer was a leading dramatic contralto from 1944Born 1907 05 04 4 May 1907Rorschach SwitzerlandDied10 August 2001 2001 08 10 aged 94 Basel SwitzerlandOccupationsOperatic contralto mezzo soprano and soprano Academic voice teacherOrganizationsOpernhaus Zurich Musikhochschule Frankfurt Contents 1 Career 2 Literature 3 References 4 Bibliography 5 External linksCareer EditBorn in Rorschach Switzerland Cavelti trained her voice first in Zurich then in Frankfurt with Res Fischer and in Vienna with Otto Iro She made her stage debut in 1936 at the Stadttheater Kattowitz and moved to the Frankfurt Opera in 1938 She continued her career in Oberschlesischen Landestheater in Beuthen from 1939 to 1942 and Opernhaus Dusseldorf from 1942 to 1944 1 She appeared as a guest at the Semperoper in 1939 1 In 1944 she returned to Switzerland singing as the leading dramatic contralto at the Opernhaus Zurich 1 She appeared as Brangane in Wagner s Tristan und Isolde as Fricka in his Die Walkure as Ortrud in his Lohengrin and in the title role Octavian of Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss among others In 1949 she took part in the premiere of Willy Burkhard s Die schwarze Spinne 1 The same year she performed in Monteverdi s L incoronazione di Poppea both at Vicenza s Teatro Olimpico and at La Fenice in Venice She performed as a guest at La Scala in Milan several times including Octavian Brangane Venus in Wagner s Tannhauser and the title role of Honegger s Judith She appeared as a guest at the Vienna State Opera in Belgium France United Kingdom in Argentina and the US 1 In 1959 she studied to be a dramatic soprano Her roles included the title role of Beethoven s Fidelio Brunnhilde in Wagner s Der Ring des Nibelungen and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier 1 She appeared at the 1966 Bayreuth Festival as the second Norn in Wagner s Gotterdammerung 2 Cavelti was also an oratorio and Lieder singer She sang in 1945 in the premiere of Frank Martin s Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke and sang several songs by Othmar Schoeck for the first time 3 Cavelti was an influential academic voice teacher From 1970 she taught at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt and later in Basel 2 Among her students are Claudia Eder Eva Lind Gabriele Schnaut Ortrun Wenkel and Ruth Ziesak 3 She died in Basel 1 Literature EditAndreas Kotte ed 2005 Elsa Cavelti Theaterlexikon der Schweiz TLS Dictionnaire du theatre en Suisse DTS Dizionario Teatrale Svizzero Lexicon da teater svizzer Theater Dictionary of Switzerland Vol 1 Zurich Chronos pp 364 365 ISBN 978 3 0340 0715 3 LCCN 2007423414 OCLC 62309181 References Edit a b c d e f g Kutsch amp Riemens 2004 p 777 a b Bayreuth 1966 a b Kutsch amp Riemens 2004 p 778 Bibliography EditKutsch Karl J Riemens Leo eds 2004 Cavelti Elsa Grosses Sangerlexikon in German 4 ed Franc Kaidanoff ISBN 978 3 59 844088 5 Elsa Cavelti Bayreuth Festival in German Archived from the original on 20 October 2018 Retrieved 20 February 2018 External links EditLiterature by and about Elsa Cavelti in the German National Library catalogue Cavelti Elsa mezzosoprano Operissimo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elsa Cavelti amp oldid 1073753112, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
