Opera Singer. She was one of the most highly recorded lyric sopranos in Germany during the 1920s and 30s. Anni Frind was born in Nixdorf, a small village in Bohemia (now Czech Republic). She made her debut in 1922 at the Berlin Volksoper and went on to sing leading soprano roles in both opera and operetta at the Munich State Opera, the Dresden State Opera, the German Opera House in Berlin and other major European cities. After the successful premiere of Benatzky's operetta Casanova in 1928, her energies were devoted mainly to operetta; and the ever-popular HMV recording of "The Nuns' Chorus" (comp.Johann Strauss II/arr.Ralph Benatzky) was produced. She appeared as Adele in Max Reinhardt's production of Die Fledermaus 200 times. To avoid collaborating with the Nazis, Anni Frind curtailed her activities in Germany upon the rise of Hitler, and retired from professional singing at the outbreak of World War II, later marrying. During the war she sang for Allied soldiers at the front and worked as a volunteer nurse. Anni Frind-Sperling moved to New Orleans in 1951, and became a singing teacher at Newcomb College Tulane University. She died 1987 in New Orleans aged 87.
Her obituary-
Anni Frind-Sperling: April 10, 1987
New Orleans
Anni Frind-Sperling, a European opera star of the 1920s who broke off her singing career to avoid collaborating with the Nazis, died Wednesday at age 87.
Mrs. Sperling, who sang under her maiden name of Anni Frind, was a leading soprano of the 1920s at opera houses in Munich, Dresden and Berlin. She also starred in light opera, performing the role of Adele in Max Reinhardt's famous production of Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" 200 times.
After Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933, she ended her singing career to work as a nurse in her father's medical practice in Nixdorf, Bohemia, now part of Czechoslovakia.
After World War II she met Joseph Sperling, an Austrian refugee who had been imprisoned by the Germans. They married in 1945 and emigrated to the United States in 1951, shortly before Czechoslovakia fell under Communist domination.
They settled in New Orleans, where Mrs. Sperling taught voice at Tulane University from 1954 until her retirement in 1956.
Her obituary-
Anni Frind-Sperling: April 10, 1987
New Orleans
Anni Frind-Sperling, a European opera star of the 1920s who broke off her singing career to avoid collaborating with the Nazis, died Wednesday at age 87.
Mrs. Sperling, who sang under her maiden name of Anni Frind, was a leading soprano of the 1920s at opera houses in Munich, Dresden and Berlin. She also starred in light opera, performing the role of Adele in Max Reinhardt's famous production of Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" 200 times.
After Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933, she ended her singing career to work as a nurse in her father's medical practice in Nixdorf, Bohemia, now part of Czechoslovakia.
After World War II she met Joseph Sperling, an Austrian refugee who had been imprisoned by the Germans. They married in 1945 and emigrated to the United States in 1951, shortly before Czechoslovakia fell under Communist domination.
They settled in New Orleans, where Mrs. Sperling taught voice at Tulane University from 1954 until her retirement in 1956.
Opera Singer. She was one of the most highly recorded lyric sopranos in Germany during the 1920s and 30s. Anni Frind was born in Nixdorf, a small village in Bohemia (now Czech Republic). She made her debut in 1922 at the Berlin Volksoper and went on to sing leading soprano roles in both opera and operetta at the Munich State Opera, the Dresden State Opera, the German Opera House in Berlin and other major European cities. After the successful premiere of Benatzky's operetta Casanova in 1928, her energies were devoted mainly to operetta; and the ever-popular HMV recording of "The Nuns' Chorus" (comp.Johann Strauss II/arr.Ralph Benatzky) was produced. She appeared as Adele in Max Reinhardt's production of Die Fledermaus 200 times. To avoid collaborating with the Nazis, Anni Frind curtailed her activities in Germany upon the rise of Hitler, and retired from professional singing at the outbreak of World War II, later marrying. During the war she sang for Allied soldiers at the front and worked as a volunteer nurse. Anni Frind-Sperling moved to New Orleans in 1951, and became a singing teacher at Newcomb College Tulane University. She died 1987 in New Orleans aged 87.
Her obituary-
Anni Frind-Sperling: April 10, 1987
New Orleans
Anni Frind-Sperling, a European opera star of the 1920s who broke off her singing career to avoid collaborating with the Nazis, died Wednesday at age 87.
Mrs. Sperling, who sang under her maiden name of Anni Frind, was a leading soprano of the 1920s at opera houses in Munich, Dresden and Berlin. She also starred in light opera, performing the role of Adele in Max Reinhardt's famous production of Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" 200 times.
After Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933, she ended her singing career to work as a nurse in her father's medical practice in Nixdorf, Bohemia, now part of Czechoslovakia.
After World War II she met Joseph Sperling, an Austrian refugee who had been imprisoned by the Germans. They married in 1945 and emigrated to the United States in 1951, shortly before Czechoslovakia fell under Communist domination.
They settled in New Orleans, where Mrs. Sperling taught voice at Tulane University from 1954 until her retirement in 1956.
Her obituary-
Anni Frind-Sperling: April 10, 1987
New Orleans
Anni Frind-Sperling, a European opera star of the 1920s who broke off her singing career to avoid collaborating with the Nazis, died Wednesday at age 87.
Mrs. Sperling, who sang under her maiden name of Anni Frind, was a leading soprano of the 1920s at opera houses in Munich, Dresden and Berlin. She also starred in light opera, performing the role of Adele in Max Reinhardt's famous production of Strauss' "Die Fledermaus" 200 times.
After Adolf Hitler rose to power in 1933, she ended her singing career to work as a nurse in her father's medical practice in Nixdorf, Bohemia, now part of Czechoslovakia.
After World War II she met Joseph Sperling, an Austrian refugee who had been imprisoned by the Germans. They married in 1945 and emigrated to the United States in 1951, shortly before Czechoslovakia fell under Communist domination.
They settled in New Orleans, where Mrs. Sperling taught voice at Tulane University from 1954 until her retirement in 1956.
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