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 Cardillac in 1926. Max Hirzel as the Officer and Born as Cardillac's daughter | |
| Born | (1898-02-17)17 February 1898 |
| Died | 28 December 1965(1965-12-28) (aged 67) Vienna, Austria |
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Claire Born (17 February 1898 – 28 December 1965)[1] was a German operaticsoprano. A long-term member of theVienna State Opera and theSemperoper in Dresden, she appeared at leading international opera houses and festivals, in roles such as Donna Elvira in Mozart'sDon Giovanni, Eva in Wagner'sDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the title role ofAriadne auf Naxos. She performed in world premieres including Hindemith'sCardillac andOthmar Schoeck'sVom Fischer un syner Fru.
Born in Bayreuth,[1] Born received her voice training inChemnitz and Vienna. She began her artistic career in 1917 at theTheater Chemnitz where she worked until 1920.[1] From 1920 to 1929 she belonged to the Vienna State Opera.[2] She was especially successful with roles of thelyric-dramatic soprano repertoire, such as the Countess in Mozart'sLe nozze di Figaro, Pamina in hisDie Zauberflöte, Agathe in Weber'sDer Freischütz, and Rosalinde inDie Fledermaus by Johann Strauss.[1][3]
She appeared with the Vienna State Opera in Amsterdam in 1924 in the title role ofAriadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, In 1925, she was Donna Elvira in Mozart'sDon Giovanni at theParis Opera. She made herBayreuth Festival debut that year, as Eva inDie Meistersinger von Nürnberg and as Gutrune inGötterdämmerung.[4][1] She performed at theSalzburg Festival, as the Countess inFigaro between 1922 and 1929, as Donna Elvira between 1922 and 1927, and as Ariadne in 1926.[1]
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From 1926 to 1932, Born was a member of the Dresden Semperoper as one of the leading singers.[1] She performed in the premiere of Hindemith'sCardillac on 9 November 1926 as the Daughter, and in the premiere ofOthmar Schoeck'sVom Fischer un syner Fru on 3 October 1930 as Ilsebill, a title character. In 1924 she appeared at theDeutsche Oper Berlin, and in 1935 at theGraz Opera.[1]
Her roles also included Dorabella in Mozart'sCosì fan tutte, Micaela in Bizet'sCarmen, Alice Ford in Verdi'sFalstaff, Irene in Wagner'sRienzi, Senta in hisDer fliegende Holländer, Elsa in hisLohengrin and both Freia and Fricka in hisDas Rheingold, Minneleide in Pfitzner'sDie Rose vom Liebesgarten, the Duchess of Parma in Busoni'sDoktor Faust, Nedda in Leoncavalo'sBajazzo, Maddalena in Giordano'sAndrea Chénier, Lauretta in Puccini'sGianni Schicchi and Suzel in Mascagni'sL'amico Fritz.[1][3]
Born was married to the banker Richard Kronstein.[1] Because of her Jewish origin, she had to leave Germany in 1933, and after theAnschluss in 1938 also Austria. She moved to Switzerland and then to London, where she worked as a singing teacher. After the war, she returned to Vienna, where she taught voice from 1946 to 1948. She died there on 18 December 1965.[1]
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