Sigrid Rothermel
also Helen Sigrid Rothermel, Helen Sigrid Rotermel
Sigrid Rothermel was a German contralto, a concert singer in Karlsruhe by 1925, who joined the Dresden State Opera ensemble in March 1928. There she created both the Second Servant and the Fourth Elf in the premiere of Strauss's Die ägyptische Helena, and sang Bersi in Andrea Chénier, the Page in Tannhäuser and Curra in La forza del destino. In 1941 and 1942 she sang Azucena and Amneris at the municipal theatres of Kattowitz and Königshütte in annexed Polish Upper Silesia. She returned to Karlsruhe after the war, and sang the Housekeeper in Die schweigsame Frau in Munich in 1947.
Creations
- Die zweite Dienerin, Vierter Elf — Die ägyptische Helena (Dresden, 1928)
Written from
- rundfunkschätze.de (n.d.) Dresdner Opernchronik 1922-1933. (Accessed: August 2026).
- seinemeyer.com (n.d.) Dresden State Opera performance chronicle. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Opera Annals (2018) Bayerische Staatsoper München: new production listing. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Abendausgabe Dresdner Nachrichten (1928) 4 June, p. 2. (Accessed: August 2026).
- public-juling.de (n.d.) Bremer Passagierlisten: Rayk, Bremen to New York, 2 March 1927. (Accessed: 2 September 2026). Lists her as Helen Sigrid Rothermel, aged 23, of Karlsruhe, profession Opernsängerin, which is what identifies her. An age fixes a birth year only within twelve months: she was born between March 1903 and March 1904, so 1903 is the likelier of the two and 1904 is possible.
- Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe (1925) Antrag der Konzertsängerin Helen Sigrid Rotermel aus Karlsruhe um die Anerkennung eines Konzerts in Karlsruhe als künstlerisch hochstehend sowie um eine Begünstigung bei der Vergnügungssteuer. Bestand 235 Nr. 38802. (Accessed: 2 September 2026).
- Grochowina, S. (n.d.) Kulturpolitik der deutschen Besatzungsmacht 1939-1945. (Accessed: 2 September 2026).
- Oberschlesische Zeitung (1942) review of Der Troubadour, Kattowitz. (Accessed: 2 September 2026).
- Oberschlesische Zeitung (1942) review of Aida, Kattowitz. (Accessed: 2 September 2026).
- Badische Neueste Nachrichten (1946) 9 November, no. 105. (Accessed: 2 September 2026).