Germaine Hoerner
Illustration — Hoerner in Götterdämmerung Germaine Hoerner (26 January 1905 – 19 May 1972) was a French operatic soprano.
Germaine Hoerner
- Full name
- Germaine Olga Hoerner.
- Born
- 1905 · Strasbourg.
- Died
- 1972 · Strasbourg.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- singer · musician
- Education
- Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse
- Languages
- French
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Born in Strasbourg, Hoerner won First Prizes in singing and lyrical art at the Conservatoire de Paris, and made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1929 in Wagner's Die Walküre. She distinguished herself in the great Wagnerian roles, Elsa (Lohengrin), Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Gutrune (Götterdämmerung) and Senta (Der fliegende Holländer) which she created at the Palais Garnier. Then she turned to the Italian bel canto, notably in the title role of Verdi's Aida, and Desdémone in Otello. She approached the French repertoire with Marguerite in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust, Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, Brunehild in Reyer's Sigurd, Bonté in Magnard's Guercœur, returned to the Germanic repertoire with Léonore in Beethoven's Fidelio, the Marschallin in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. In 1960, she retired from the stage and devoted herself to teaching in Strasbourg where she died in 1972.
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Germaine Hoerner (26 January 1905 – 19 May 1972) is described as a musician, singer and opera singer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The birth of Germaine Hoerner is recorded on 26 January 1905, and the death on 19 May 1972. For the birthplace of Germaine Hoerner, Straßburg/Elsaß is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. For the place of death of Germaine Hoerner, Straßburg/Elsaß is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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