Claire Dux

Claire Dux (2 August 1885 – 8 October 1967) was an operatic and concert soprano with a successful career in continental Europe, England, and the United States.

Early life Clara Auguste Dux was born in the village Witkowo in the county of Gnesen (today Gniezno); that area was part of the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Posen from 1815 until 1920. Alan Blyth calls her Polish, other sources call her German, The New York Times called her Swiss in 1920. Both of her parents were musical, her mother was related to Clara Schumann. Dux made her professional debut in 1906 at the Cologne Opera as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute. Other roles in Cologne included Mimì in Puccini's La bohème, and she gained international reputation through European tours. Finally, in 1950, she married banker and art collector Hans von der Marwitz.

Recordings In 1925, Dux was part of one of the first opera broadcasts in Germany when the station broadcast Flotow's Martha. She recorded works with Pathé, Odeon, Polydor, and Brunswick. Lebendige Vergangenheit, 19 arias; [ review] at AllMusic