About Camilla Kallab
Lived 1910 – 1967 (aged 56–57). Camilla Kallab was an Austrian singer.
Camilla Kallab (22 December 1906 – 3 September 1967) was an Austrian and later German operatic mezzo-soprano who appeared internationally.
Life and career Born in Brüx, today Most, Kallab studied at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt and in Berlin. She made her debut in 1930 at the Theater Karlsruhe and was engaged by the Staatsoper Dresden from 1930 to 1934. During World War II, she sang at the Bayreuth Festivals (Waltraute and First Norn in Götterdämmerung and Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), as well as a Carmen guest appearance in 1944 at the Vienna Volksoper.
Kallab died in Berlin on 3 September 1967, at the age of 60.
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Who was Camilla Kallab?
german-Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano
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Camilla Kallab was born in 1910 in Most.
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Camilla Kallab died on 3 September 1967.
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Camilla Kallab was a singer.
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Camilla Kallab was Austrian.
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