About Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Lived 1917 – 1995 (aged 77). Gertrude Grob-Prandl was an Austrian opera singer.
Gertrude Grob-Prandl (11 November 191716 May 1995) was an Austrian Wagnerian soprano.
Grob-Prandl was born in Vienna and studied at the Vienna Academy of Music with Singer-Burian. A popular anecdote states that she was once interrupted while performing as Turandot, by fire-fighters. People outside the theater had mistaken her for a fire-alarm siren.
Available recordings include Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Isabelle in Robert le Diable, Brünnhilde, Isolde, First Lady in The Magic Flute, as well as Elektra, Turandot, and Elettra in Idomeneo. There is also an anthology of her solo work.
She died on 16 May 1995 in the city of her birth.
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Who was Gertrude Grob-Prandl?
Austrian operatic soprano (1917-1995)
When was Gertrude Grob-Prandl born?
Gertrude Grob-Prandl was born on 11 November 1917 in Vienna.
When did Gertrude Grob-Prandl die?
Gertrude Grob-Prandl died on 16 May 1995 in Vienna.
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Gertrude Grob-Prandl was an opera singer.
What nationality was Gertrude Grob-Prandl?
Gertrude Grob-Prandl was Austrian.
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