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 The grave of Adele Kern at the Ostfriedhof, Munich. Picture by androom (24 May 2006) |
Kern, Adele |
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BORN 25 Nov 1901, München, Bayern - DIED 6 May 1980, München, Bayern BIRTH NAME Kern-Klein, Adele GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Ostfriedhof, St.-Martins-Platz 1 (088-21-20/21) |
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The soprano Adele Kern was educated by Hermine Bosetti (1875-1936). She made an informal stage debut in 1923 in Munich as Olympia. In 1926 she went to Frankfurt am Main, where she worked with Clemens Krauss and Lothar Wallerstein. She played many different parts before she debuted in Vienna as Zerbinetta. In 1928 she toured in South America. She was a superb technician and a fine operetta singer. From 1927 until 1935 she performed at the Salzburg Festival. She followed Krauss from Vienna to Berlin in 1935 and then to Munich in 1937, where she settled. During the Second World War she continued her career. In 1944 she appeared in a new production of "Ariadne auf Naxos" in occupied Krakow. When she was 46 years old was forced to retire from the stage due to heart problems. She died in Munich in 1980. Events |
| 25/2/1926 | Premiere of Bernard Sekles' opera "Die zehn Küsse" in Frankfurt am Main. The libretto was written by Karl Erich Jaroschek. The opera was dedicated to Wilhelm Furtwängler. The cast included Adele Kern. [Furtwängler, Wilhelm] |
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The grave of Adele Kern at the Ostfriedhof, Munich. Picture by androom (24 May 2006) |
Sources • Scheibmayr, Erich, Letzte Heimat, Persönlichkeiten in Münchner Friedhöfen 1784-1984, Scheibmayr Verlag, München, 1985 • Adele Kern - Wikipedia (DE) |
