Hermine Kittel

Hermine Kittel in 1902

Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision of Ariadne auf Naxos. She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in Der Ring des Nibelungen. She also sang at the Salzburg Festival, where she often played Marcellina in The Marriage of Figaro.

She was married to opera singer Alexander Haydter, her brother Karl Kittel was a conductor.

Films

• 1941: Aufruhr im Damenstift

References

• David Cummings. "Hermine Kittel", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed January 16, 2007), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
• Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, S. 509, (Digitalisat).
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External Links

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• Hermine Kittel discography at Discogs
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• Hermine Kittel und Elise Elizza singen die Barcarole aus Hoffmanns Erzählungen
• Hermine Kittel Tonaufnahme aus dem Archiv der Österreichischen Mediathek: („Doch grausam zeigt sich der Waffen Los“ aus Aida (Oper) mit Elise Elizza)