Dorothee Manski

Dorothee Manski (March 11, 1892 – February 24, 1967) was a German-born American operatic soprano and voice teacher. She appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 335 performances, and took leading roles internationally, such as Wagner's Isolde at the Salzburg Festival.

Career Dorothee Manski grew up in Berlin. She studied there at the Prox School and the Conservatory of Music during which time she sang in 335 performances. Her major roles there included both Elsa and Ortrud in Wagner's Lohengrin, Venus in Tannhäuser, Gutrune in Götterdämmerung, Chrysothemis in Elektra by Richard Strauss, Herodias in Salome, Marianne Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier, and Giulietta in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. In 1933, she stepped in for Frida Leider as Brünnhilde in Wagner's Die Walküre.

She appeared as a guest at the San Francisco Opera between 1931 and 1937, as the Witch, Herodias, and as Freia, Gutrune and several other roles in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. a role which she also sang at the Vienna State Opera in September 1934. She was also a guest at the Chicago Opera in 1938.

From 1942, Manski was professor of voice at the Indiana University in Bloomington, where she lived.