Camilla Kallab

Camilla Kallab was an Austrian contralto who trained at the Frankfurt Conservatory and in Berlin. At the Dresden State Opera, where she sang until 1934, she created Adelaide in the world premiere of Strauss's Arabella in 1933. She then sang at the Leipzig Opera from 1934 to 1944, at Bayreuth in 1942 and 1943 as Waltraute and Magdalene, and from 1949 at the Komische Oper Berlin. Her repertory ranged from Wagner to Verdi and Strauss, and she appeared under conductors including Wilhelm Furtwängler and Strauss himself, following an acclaimed 1932 Munich performance as Adriano in Wagner's Rienzi.