Name Henriette Gottlieb | ||
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Died January 2, 1942, Lodz Ghetto | ||
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Henriette Gottlieb (Berlin, 1884 - Lodz Ghetto, 2 January 1942) was a German soprano.
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Gottlieb was born in Berlin. She performed the Wagnerian role of Brunhilde in the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Paris, in a 1928 performance of Der Ring der Nibelung, when she was a young and promising singer.
She performed in the premieres of the operas Die Hugelmuhle by Friedrich Koch (Berlin, 1918) and Holofernes of Emil von Reznicek (Berlin, 1923). Following the Nazi Berufsverbot she lived in Berlin until she was deported to Poland in 1941. She died in the Lodz Ghetto on 2 January 1942.
She was noted for her performances and recordings of Wagner's Brunnhilde:
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