Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh des Ringes Fluch.
Die Erdgöttin Erda warnt Wotan vor dem Fluch des Rings und rät ihm, auf ihn zu verzichten – was er natürlich nicht tut.
Erda verkündet das Ende der Götter. Als Wotan mehr wissen möchte, verschwindet sie,
in der vierten Szene von Wagners Das Rheingold.
Karin Branzell
1891-1974
Contralto
Born: September 24, 1891 - Stockholm, Sweden
Died: December 14, 1974 - Altadena, California, USA
The noted Swedish contralto, Karin Maria Branzel, was a pupil of Thekla Hofer in Stockholm, Louis Bachner in Berlin, and Enrico Rosati in New York.
In 1912 Karin Maria Branzel made her operatic debut as Prince Sarvilaka in Eugen d'Albert's Izeÿt in Stockholm, where she sang at the Royal Opera until 1918. Then she was a member of the Berlin State Opera until 1923. In February 1924 she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York as Fricka in Die Walküre, and remained on the roster until 1944. She sang there again in 1951. She also appeared at the Bayreuth Festivals (1930-1931), London's Covent Garden (1935; 1937-1938), and the San Francisco Opera (1941).
In later years Karin Branzell taught at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
The exceptional range of her voice allowed Karin Maria Branzell to sing both contralto and soprano roles. Although especially known for such Wagnerian roles as Ortrud, Venus, Erda, Brangäne, and the Walküre Brünnhilde, she also was admired as Amneris, Dalila, Herodias and Clytemnestra.
Died: December 14, 1974 - Altadena, California, USA
The noted Swedish contralto, Karin Maria Branzel, was a pupil of Thekla Hofer in Stockholm, Louis Bachner in Berlin, and Enrico Rosati in New York.
In 1912 Karin Maria Branzel made her operatic debut as Prince Sarvilaka in Eugen d'Albert's Izeÿt in Stockholm, where she sang at the Royal Opera until 1918. Then she was a member of the Berlin State Opera until 1923. In February 1924 she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York as Fricka in Die Walküre, and remained on the roster until 1944. She sang there again in 1951. She also appeared at the Bayreuth Festivals (1930-1931), London's Covent Garden (1935; 1937-1938), and the San Francisco Opera (1941).
In later years Karin Branzell taught at the Juilliard School of Music in New York.
The exceptional range of her voice allowed Karin Maria Branzell to sing both contralto and soprano roles. Although especially known for such Wagnerian roles as Ortrud, Venus, Erda, Brangäne, and the Walküre Brünnhilde, she also was admired as Amneris, Dalila, Herodias and Clytemnestra.
Weitere Aufnahmen von Karin Branzell
- Che farò senza Euridice
- Voce di donna o d'angelo
- Samson, recherchant ma présence … Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse
- Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix
- Re dell'abisso affrettati
- Stride la vampa
- Condotta ell' era in ceppi
- L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
- Mêlons! Coupons!
- L'ai-je bien entendu … Ô mon Fernand
- Faites-lui mes aveux
- Printemps qui commence
- Connais-tu le pays
- Johannes schläft … O schöne Jugendtage
- Weiche, Wotan, weiche!