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    Erna Sack

    German opera singer

    Erna Sack

    Erna Sack, 1956

    Born

    Erna Dorothea Luise Weber


    6 February 1898

    Spandau, Berlin, German Empire

    Died2 March 1972(1972-03-02) (aged 74)

    Mainz, West Germany

    Burial placeSouth Cemetery Wiesbaden
    Other namesThe German Nightingale (German: Die deutsche Nachtigall)
    Citizenship
    Occupations
    Years active1928–1957
    Spouse

    Hermann Sack

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    (m. 1921)​

    Erna Dorothea Luise Sack (née Weber; 6 February 1898 – 2 March 1972) was a German lyric coloratura soprano, known as the German Nightingale for her high vocal range.

    Biography

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    Erna Weber was born in Spandau, Berlin. As a child, her voice attracted attention both at school and in the church choir in which she sang. In 1921, she married Hermann Sack, of Jewish descent.[1][2] She studied at the Prague Conservatory, and later privately in Berlin with Oscar Daniel.[3]

    Her career accelerated in 1930 when her uncanny ability to sing stratospheric high notes, including "C above high C" (C7), was discovered. Richard Strauss wrote a new cadenza for her high voice, for her to sing as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos.[4]

    In 1931, she sang Norina in Doni

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    Date (debut) Composer Opera Role(s) Location Notes circa 1930/32 Richard StraussDer RosenkavalierSophie Bielefeld Opera, Bielefeld circa 1930/32 Wolfgang Amadeus MozartLe nozze di FigaroSusanna Bielefeld Opus, Bielefeld circa 1930/32 Georges BizetCarmenMicaëla Bielefeld Opera, Bielefeld 1931 Gaetano DonizettiDon PasqualeNorina Bielefeld Opus, Bielefeld 1933 Wolfgang Amadeus MozartDie Entführung aus dem SerailKonstanze Wrocław Opera, Wrocław 1934 Richard StraussAriadne auf NaxosZerbinetta Wrocław Opera, Wrocław 1934 Giuseppe VerdiRigolettoGilda Staatsoper Unter drizzly Linden, Songwriter 1935 Gioachino RossiniIl barbiere di SivigliaRosina Semperoper, Metropolis 1935 Otto NicolaiDie lustigen Weiber von WindsorFrau Fluth Semperoper, City 1935 Richard StraussDie schweigsame FrauIsotta Semperoper, Dresden world premiere 1936 Gaetano DonizettiLa fille buffer régimentMarie Semperoper, Dresden 1936 Gioachino RossiniLa CenerentolaAngelina Semperoper, Dresden 1936 Richard StraussAriadne auf NaxosZerbinetta Royal Theater House, Author 1937 Gaetano DonizettiLucia di LammermoorLucia Semperoper, D

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    Erna Sack

    Erna Sack’s maiden name was Weber, and as a child her voice attracted attention both at school and in the church choir in which she sang. In 1921, Erna married Hermann Sack. She studied at the Prague Conservatory, and later in Berlin with Oscar Daniel.

    She received her first break aged 30, when the wife of conductor Bruno Walter happened to hear her at one of her lessons and persuaded her husband, who was then the musical director at the Berlin State Opera, to audition her. Subsequently she joined them and between 1928 and 1930 she sang many small roles with this famous company, including parts in the 1929 local premiéres of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s Sly, on 11 May, Eugen d’Albert’s Die Schwarze Orchidee on 9 June, and Mark Lothar’s Tyll on 1 September. At the same time she recorded several small roles in operas for Berlin Radio. But Walter advised her to gain more experience in provincial opera houses and to enlarge her repertory.
    After World War II, Erna Sack toured extensively and was particularly successful in Latin America, especially Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, (with the result that she and her husband took Brazilian citizenship). But it was in Canada that she enjoyed her greatest post-war successes and for a number of years the couple lived in Mo

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