Dorothea Siebert
Birthplace: Königsberg, East Prussia, GermanyKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Siebert, Dorothea', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2744-2745.Wikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).
Dorothea Siebert was a German sopranoWikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026). who studied in Berlin and ViennaKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Siebert, Dorothea', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2744-2745.Wikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Operissimo (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026). and made her stage debut in 1943 at Marburg an der DrauKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Siebert, Dorothea', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2744-2745.Wikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Operissimo (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026)., then held engagements at Klagenfurt from 1945 to 1948 and Graz from 1948 to 1951Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Siebert, Dorothea', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2744-2745.Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Operissimo (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).. She joined the Vienna State Opera in 1951Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Siebert, Dorothea', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2744-2745.Wikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Operissimo (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026). and created Semele in the premiere of Strauss's Die Liebe der Danae at the Salzburg Festival the following AugustWikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026)., going on to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in 1956 and the Zurich Opera from 1964 to 1975Wikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Operissimo (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).. She sang at the Bayreuth Festival for eighteen consecutive years from 1954Wikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)., as a Flower Maiden in Parsifal and the Woodbird in SiegfriedWikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Operissimo (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026)., and appeared as a guest at Covent Garden, the Paris Opéra and the Teatro San CarloWikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).. Her repertoire included Fiordiligi, Cherubino and OctavianWikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026)..
Creations
- Semele — Die Liebe der Danae
Written from
- Wikipedia (2026) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Operissimo (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Siebert, Dorothea', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2744-2745.
- Bayreuther Festspiele (n.d.) Dorothea Siebert: Festspieldatenbank. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).