About Irma Beilke
Lived 1904 – 1989 (aged 85). Irma Beilke was an opera singer, singer, musician and soprano.
Irma Beilke (24 August 1904 – 20 December 1989) was a German operatic soprano, concert singer and academic voice teacher. A member of the Städtische Oper Berlin for decades, and also a member of the Vienna State Opera, she appeared in leading roles of the coloratura soprano and lyric soprano repertoire at major opera houses and festivals internationally, such as Mozart's Blonde and Verdi's La traviata. She took part in world premieres, including Capriccio by Richard Strauss. In 1945, she appeared in the first opera performance in Berlin after World War II, as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio.
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German opera singer
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Irma Beilke was born on 24 August 1904 in Berlin.
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Irma Beilke died on 20 December 1989 in Berlin.
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Irma Beilke was an opera singer, singer, musician and soprano.
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