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Hermine Kittel

1879Wikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497.–1948Wikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497. · Austrian · contraltoWikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497.

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria-HungaryWikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497.

Hermine Kittel was an Austrian contraltoWikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002. who began her career as an actress before studying singing with Amalie Materna in ViennaCummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497.. At the Vienna State Opera she sang at first under Mahler's directionWikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002., and later created a DryadWikipedia (2026) Ariadne auf Naxos. (Accessed: 25 October 2026). in the premiere of the revised Ariadne auf Naxos in 1916Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497.. At the Bayreuth Festival, in 1902 and 1908, she sang ErdaWikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497. and various minor rolesCummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002., and at the early Salzburg Festivals she was often heard as Marcellina in Le nozze di FigaroWikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Cummings, D. (1992) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 1002.. She was married to the singer Alexander Haydter, and her brother Karl Kittel was a conductorWikipedia (2026) Hermine Kittel. (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Kittel, Hermine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1496-1497..

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