Hermine Kittel
Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittel first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision of Ariadne auf Naxos. She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in Der Ring des Nibelungen. She also sang at the Salzburg Festival, where she often played Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro. She was married to opera singer Alexander Haydter. Her brother Karl Kittel was a conductor. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0986v | 12-in. | June 1909 | O Carmen, nur ein Wort | Hermine Kittel ; Leo Slezak | Vocal duet (contralto and baritone), with orchestra | vocalist, contralto | |
Gramophone | 13930u | 10-in. | Oct. 1908 | Du bist die Stütze deines Vaters | Leopold Demuth ; Hermine Kittel | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, contralto |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kittel, Hermine," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104585.
Kittel, Hermine. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104585.
"Kittel, Hermine." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Kittel, Hermine, 1879-1948 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84097728
Wikidata: Hermine Kittel - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5741576
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MusicBrainz: Hermine Kittel - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/96d9df77-a090-498a-9bf1-b841b9d4b271
ISNI: 0000 0000 3656 0721 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000036560721
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