Marta Adam
also Marta Rosenthal
Birthplace: Leipzig, German EmpireWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026).
Marta Adam was a German contraltoWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026). who trained at the Leipzig Conservatory under Marie HedmondtWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026).onlinemerker.com (2020) 'Marta Adam: 125. Geburtstag', in In memoriam: Geburtstage im August 2020. (Accessed: August 2026). and devoted her career chiefly to concert and oratorio singingWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026).onlinemerker.com (2020) 'Marta Adam: 125. Geburtstag', in In memoriam: Geburtstage im August 2020. (Accessed: August 2026)., appearing at the Bach festivals of Essen and Leipzigonlinemerker.com (2020) 'Marta Adam: 125. Geburtstag', in In memoriam: Geburtstage im August 2020. (Accessed: August 2026). and touring Scandinavia three times in the 1920sonlinemerker.com (2020) 'Marta Adam: 125. Geburtstag', in In memoriam: Geburtstage im August 2020. (Accessed: August 2026).. From 1919 she was a member of the Rosenthal QuartetWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026)., alongside the soprano Ilse Helling-RosenthalWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026).onlinemerker.com (2020) 'Marta Adam: 125. Geburtstag', in In memoriam: Geburtstage im August 2020. (Accessed: August 2026)., until the Nazi regime dissolved itWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026).; she later married the quartet's bass, Wolfgang RosenthalWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026)., and is recorded in later life as Marta RosenthalWikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026).. Away from the concert platform, she created Eine alte Frau in the revised, 1940 version of Strauss's Guntram, at its Weimar revivalDeutsches Nationaltheater Weimar (1940) Guntram: Theaterzettel, 29 October 1940. (Accessed: August 2026)..
Creations
- Eine alte Frau — Guntram (Weimar, 1940)
Written from
- Wikipedia (2026) Marta Adam. (Accessed: August 2026).
- onlinemerker.com (2020) 'Marta Adam: 125. Geburtstag', in In memoriam: Geburtstage im August 2020. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Deutsches Nationaltheater Weimar (1940) Guntram: Theaterzettel, 29 October 1940. (Accessed: August 2026).