Grete Stückgold

Grete Stückgold (6 July 1895 – 15 September 1977) was an English-born German and American operatic soprano.

Life and career Born in London,

Stückgold began her professional career in the mid-1910s as a concert and oratorio soprano. She made her professional opera debut at the Staatstheater Nürnberg in 1917. In 1922 she became a resident artist at the Berlin State Opera. In 1926 she gave a recital tour of the United Kingdom, and in 1927 she made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. She made several appearances at the Semperoper from 1926 through 1929 during which time she also appeared in multiple concerts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Arthur Nikisch. She also performed as a guest artist in Barcelona at the Liceu in 1927. She performed in eight seasons at the Met between the years 1927 and 1939; only being absent from the Met stage in the years 1935 and 1936 during that period. Some of the roles she performed at the Met included Aida, Agathe in Der Freischütz, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Sieglinde in Die Walküre, and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier.

Stückgold died on 15 September 1977, in Falls Village, Connecticut.