Irma Beilke
Birthplace: Berlin
Irma Beilke was a German soprano who studied in Berlin and made her debut in 1926 at the Städtische Oper as a Bridesmaid in Der Freischütz. After engagements at Oldenburg and Leipzig she returned to the Städtische Oper in 1936 and sang there until 1958, appearing also at the Vienna State Opera from 1941 to 1945. In 1942 she created an Italian Singer in Strauss's Capriccio at Munich. She sang Blonde at Glyndebourne in 1936 and at Salzburg, where she was also Susanna and Pamina, and appeared at Covent Garden in 1938. She later taught at the Berlin Hochschule.
Creations
- Eine italienische Sängerin — Capriccio
Written from
- Wikipedia (2026) Irma Beilke. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Forbes, E. (1992) 'Beilke, Irma', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 379.
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Beilke, Irma', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 203.