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Gisela Staudigl

also Gisela Koppmayer

1860Matricula Online (n.d.) 'Taufregister 02', index to Taufbuch XVIII (1859-1881), image 12, in Braunau am Inn, Pfarre. (Accessed: 16 October 2026).FamilySearch (n.d.) Gisella Koppmayer, married 17 June 1885, Karlsruhe, in Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1463-1931. (Accessed: 16 October 2026).Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article.Cummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.Grove and Kutsch-Riemens give 4 September 1864. The index to the Braunau am Inn baptisms lists her under 1860, as Gisella Koppmair, and the index to her 1885 marriage at Karlsruhe gives 3 September 1860, as the German Wikipedia article does; the two church records are followed here.–1929Cummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article. · Austrian · mezzo-sopranoCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article.

Birthplace: Braunau am Inn, Austrian EmpireKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article.

Gisela Staudigl was an Austrian mezzo-sopranoCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article. who studied with Mathilde MarchesiCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article. and made her stage debut in Hamburg as Amneris in 1882Cummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.. She joined the Karlsruhe court theatre in 1884 and married the bass Josef Staudigl the following yearCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.. In 1886 she became the first Bayreuth BrangäneCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article., returning there through 1892Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.Wikipedia (2026) Koppmayer. (Accessed: August 2026). The German article., and toured with the Metropolitan Opera as Adriano in Rienzi and as Goldmark's Queen of ShebaCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824., visiting Milwaukee, Boston and Cincinnati with the Damrosch Opera Company in the 1897-98 seasonCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824.. She created Walpurg in the premiere of Strauss's Feuersnot at Dresden in 1901Wikipedia (2026) Feuersnot. (Accessed: August 2026)., and at the court opera houses of Vienna, Munich and Berlin she was also successful as Orpheus, Fricka, Azucena, Waltraute and VenusCummings, D. (1992) 'Staudigl [née Koppmayer], Gisela', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 529.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Staudigl, Gisela', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 2824..

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