Lucie Weidt

Lucie Weidt, born Marie-Luise WeidtÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled., was an Austrian sopranoShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). trained first by her fatherÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled.Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026)., the German-born conductor Heinrich WeidtÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled., and then by Rosa PapierÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Weidt, Lucie', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 3163.Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026).. She was a regular member of the Vienna Court Opera from 1902 to 1926Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Weidt, Lucie', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 3163.Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026).Wiener Staatsoper (n.d.) Lucie Weidt. Performance archive. (Accessed: 15 October 2026).Grove and Wikipedia give 1903. Kutsch-Riemens gives 1902, and the Vienna State Opera archive has her first performance, as Elisabeth, on 15 October 1902, so 1902 is followed. The Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon and the archive run to 1927, and Kutsch-Riemens and Grove to 1926, which is followed., succeeding Sophie Sedlmair and sharing the major Wagner roles with Anna Bahr-MildenburgShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026)., and became a celebrated LeonoreShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). and the first Viennese Marschallin in Der RosenkavalierÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Weidt, Lucie', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 3163.Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026).. She appeared in MunichÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled.Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026)., at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1910-11 season as Brünnhilde and ElisabethÖsterreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled.Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026)., and at Buenos Aires in 1912Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026)., and created the Nurse in the world premiere of Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten in 1919Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815-1950 (n.d.) Weidt, Lucie (Lucy); eigentl. Marie-Luise Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026). Gives her birth year as 1876, agreeing with Wikipedia and Wikidata's referenced claim, against Grove's approximate c1880; used here as settled.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Weidt, Lucie', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, col. 3163.Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Weidt, Lucie [Lucy]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 1123.Wikipedia (2026) Lucie Weidt. (Accessed: August 2026).Wiener Staatsoper (n.d.) Lucie Weidt. Performance archive. (Accessed: 15 October 2026)..