Maria Reining

This lyric soprano, lovely in both voice and presence, is most widely remembered for any recording of Der Rosenkavalier made following the many years of her prime. Her Marschallin, precious from the Viennese, was still appealing and well acted, but by 1954, it lacked the shimmer that experienced made her previously shows so indelible. Luckily, a lot of those shows that had founded her as a particular artist are maintained on disc, such as for example her collaborations with such conductors as Toscanini, Böhm, and Knappertsbusch. While operating like a lender clerk, Reining pursued tone of voice research in Vienna prior to making her Staatsoper debut in the rather advanced age group of 28. In the beginning, Reining was solid in soubrette functions. To gain a far more varied repertory, she approved an present from Darmstadt, where she sang for just two years from 1933. A following 2 yrs at Munich’s Bayerische Staatsoper brought an additional advance in to the heavier lyric repertory before Reining came back to Vienna like a Mozart, Wagner, and Strauss soprano from the 1st rank. Her second tenure using the Staatsoper lasted from 1937 until 1958. The entire year of Reining’s go back to Vienna also brought a debut at Salzburg where she sang, among additional functions, Eva under Toscanini’s path. Mozart’s Countess and Pamina became superbly recognized portrayals and additional mid-weight Wagner functions such as for example Elisabeth and Sieglinde had been likewise treasured. IN-MAY 1938, Reining produced her initial appearance at Covent Backyard, performing an Elsa. On November 2, 1938, Reining produced her American debut in Chicago as Eva towards the Hans Sachs of Joel Berglund. Three times later, she shown her delicate Cio-Cio-San to Chicago viewers. Reining’s NY operatic debut was postponed until after WWII and occurred not on the Metropolitan Opera, but at the brand new York Town Opera in Sept 1949 when she sang Ariadne beneath the path of Lazlo Halasz, afterwards essaying the Marschallin in the business’s initial Der Rosenkavalier. In the meantime, she have been active once again on the Salzburg Celebration, performing a well-received Arabella towards the Mandryka of Hans Hotter in 1947. Through the early ’50s, Reining distributed the role from the Marschallin in Vienna with Hilde Konetzni, another preferred artist of the home.