Osten, Eva von der b. August 19, 1881 d. May 5, 1936 Opera Singer. A noted Wagnerian soprano of the early 20th Century, she is best remembered as the first Octavian in Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier". Born Eva Bertha Helga von der Osten in Heligoland to a noted theatrical family, she studied in Dresden and made her Court Opera debut there in 1902 as Urbain in Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots". For the next quarter century she would be a fixture of that company, appearing in roughly 2500 performances. She sang most of Wagner's principal soprano...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Ponto, Erich b. December 14, 1884 d. February 4, 1957 German Actor. Ponto was a renowned German stage and screen actor. Born in Lübeck, Ponto made his debut on the stage in 1908. In the early 1920s, Ponto began his career in cinema in the film "Hampelmanns Glückstag." He then became a very in-demand supporting actor, playing in such films as "Liebe, Tod und Teufel" (1934), "Das Mädchen Johanna" (1935), "Der Hund von Baskerville" (1936), "Schneider Wibbel" (1939), "Der Feuerteufel" (1940) and "Der Engel mit dem Saitenspiel" (1944). After the...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni) Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Sembrich, Marcella b. February 15, 1858 d. January 11, 1935 Opera Singer. A premiere coloratura soprano of the late 19th. century, she remains one of the legendary names in operatic history. Born Prakseda Marcelina Kochanska at Wisniewczyk, Polish Galicia, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she was raised in a musical family and learned to play both the violin and the piano from a young age. Her vocal talent was not discovered until she entered the Vienna Conservatory in 1875; advised by no less than the great Franz Liszt to concentrate on...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
Siems, Margarethe b. December 30, 1879 d. April 13, 1952 Opera Singer. A noted soprano of the early 20th Century, she is remembered for creating principal characters in three of Richard Strauss' operas. Raised in what is now Poland, she originally studied piano and violin before receiving vocal training at the Dresden Conservatory. Margarethe made her operatic bow in 1902 at Prague as Margureite in Giacomo Meyerbeer's epic "Les Huguenots" and in 1908 joined the Dresden State Opera where she was to be designated Kammersangerin; there, she established...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Johannisfriedhof Tolkewitz Cemetery, Dresden, Dresden, Saxony (Sachsen), Germany
b. August 19, 1881 d. May 5, 1936