Carla Spletter (9 November 1911 – 19 October 1953) was a German operatic soprano.
Life Carla Spletter was born in Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein in Germany in 1911, and studied at the Leipzig Conservatory before making her debut in 1932 at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. From 1935 to 1945 she was a member of the Berlin State Opera.Helga und Karlheinz Wendtland: Geliebter Kintopp, Künstlerbiografien L–Z, Verlag Medium Film, Berlin 1994 Her repertoire included Carl Maria von Weber's Oberon (1937) and Johann Strauss II's Eine Nacht in Venedig (1938), both of which she recorded. After 1945 Carla Spletter moved to Hamburg to join the Hamburgische Staatsoper. Her last appearance was that of the title role in Alban Berg's opera Lulu for the German (Grillo-Theater, Essen) and Dutch (Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam) premieres of that work in March and July 1953 respectively, under the baton of Gustav König. Within a few months (October) she had died in Hamburg of cancer at the age of 41.Abschied von Carla Spletter. In: Hamburger Abendblatt vom 28. Oktober 1953.Nederlandse première: Berg – Lulu. Opera Nederland. 29 Mai 2015
In 1937 Carla Spletter married Dr Peter Bischoff, who had won a gold medal in sailing at the 1936 Olympic Games.Zwischenbilanz der Segler. In: Hamburger Abendblatt vom 16. Oktober 1964.
Legacy I addition to her recordings Carla Spletter featured in four feature films, including the title role in Friedrich von Flotow's Martha (1936).
Selected discography Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Berlin, 24 October 1937), Reichssenders Berlin, conducted by Heinrich Steiner, Cantus-Lin (DA Music) 2000 Mozart: Great Opera Recordings – Die Zauberflöte (Berlin 1937/1938), Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Thomas Beecham, Naxos Historical 2001 Gounod: Faust (Stuttgart 5 December 1937), Stuttgarter Rundfunks, conducted by Joseph Keilberth, Arkadia 2000 Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Berlin 1937–1938), Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Thomas Beecham, Naxos Historical 2001 Weber: Oberon (Highlights, Berlin 15 August 1937), Reichssenders Berlin, conducted by Joseph Keilberth, Cantus-Line (DA Music) 2002 Johann Strauss: Eine Nacht in Venedig (22 January 1938), Reichssenders Berlin, conducted by Heinrich Steiner, Naxos Historical 2003 ABC der Gesangskunst in Deutschland – Historisches Gesangslexikon Teil 5, 70 historical recordings, including two arias from La Boheme by Carla Spletter, Cantus-Lin (DA Music), 2000
Filmography 1936: Martha, Directed by: Karl Anton/Frank Clifford 1937: Der Schauspieldirektor, Directed by: Jürgen von Alten 1939: Maria Ilona, Directed by: Géza von Bolváry 1940: Falstaff in Wien, Directed by: Leopold Hainisch
References
External links Einträge zu Carla Spletter in der Musikdatenbank akuma.de
Personsuche Deutschen Nationalbibliothek