- Lisa Otto
Lisa Otto (
14 November ,1919 ,Dresden ) is a Germanopera ticsoprano , particularly associated withsoubrette and lightcoloratura roles.She is the daughter of bass
Karl Otto , she studied at theMusikhochschule of her native city of Dresden with Susanne Steunmetz-Prée. She made her debut inBeuthen , as Sophie in "Der Rosenkavalier ", in 1941, where she remained until 1944.She then sang inNuremberg (1944-45), Dresden (1945-51), and joined theBerlin State Opera in 1951, where she was to remain for some 30 years.She is best known for the soubrette roles in Mozart’s operas such as Blonchen, Susanna, Zerlina, Despina, Papagena. Other notables roles included Marzelline, Annchen, Zerline, etc. She took part in the creation of
Giselher Klebe 's "Alkmene" andHans Werner Henze 's "Der junge Lord ".She made guest appearances at the
Vienna State Opera , theSalzburg Festival ,La Scala in Milan, theParis Opera , theGlyndebourne Festival .She is married to Hughe Lackert.
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