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Lola Artôt de Padilla (5 October 1876 or 1880 - 12 April 1933)[1] was a French-Spanish soprano, renowned in Germany, where she mainly sang.
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Lola Artôt de Padilla was born inSèvres nearParis asDolores de Padilla.[2] Her year of birth is given as either 1880[1][2][3][4] or 1876.[5][6][7] Her mother was the Belgian-born sopranoDésirée Artôt (de Padilla), and her father was a well-known Spanish baritone,Mariano Padilla y Ramos. (They had married in 1869 while Désirée Artôt was still informally engaged toPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, but she did not inform him she had changed her mind.) Her godmother was her mother's singing teacherPauline Viardot.[8] She exhibited her vocal ability at a young age, but not her mother's fiery temperament.
Her mother was her sole singing teacher.[2] She made an unofficial debut in Paris[2] and her major debut at theHoftheater Wiesbaden in 1902 in the title role ofThomas'sMignon and from 1905 until 1908 she sang at theKomische Oper Berlin. From 1909 until 1927 she worked at the Berliner Hofoper (Imperial Opera). She also performed in other cities in Germany and in theNetherlands, Paris,Scandinavia andPoland.[5]
Lola Artôt de Padilla created the role of Vreli (Juliet) inFrederick Delius'sA Village Romeo and Juliet (Berlin, 21 February 1907).[3][9]
She was the first in Berlin to sing the title roles inBusoni's operaTurandot and Richard Strauss'sDer Rosenkavalier (Strauss considered her the best Octavian he had ever heard),[8][10] the Composer in Strauss'sAriadne auf Naxos,[11] and the Goosegirl inEngelbert Humperdinck'sKönigskinder (European premiere, 14 January 1911).
She was famous for her interpretation of Cherubino inThe Marriage of Figaro and Zerlina inDon Giovanni, both byMozart[5] (her father Mariano Padilla y Ramos had himself been a renowned Don Giovanni). Her repertory also included the Countess inThe Marriage of Figaro, Marie inSmetana'sThe Bartered Bride, Charlotte inMassenet'sWerther, Micaela inBizet'sCarmen, and Oscar inVerdi'sUn ballo in maschera.[2]
Lola Artôt de Padilla died in Berlin in 1933, aged either 52 or 56, and was buried at theStahnsdorf South-Western Cemetery near Berlin.[12]
She made a number of recordings[2] and she appears in EMI'sThe Record of Singing.
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