Marie Engle

Marie Engle ( 1860 – 1953) was an American operatic soprano who performed in the United States and Europe in the late 19th century. She was a student of Adelina Murio-Celli d'Elpeux, first performing at the Academy of Music in New York. Engle made her debut at the Grand Opera House in San Francisco with the Mapleson Opera Company in 1886, followed by Covent Garden in London the next year. She also appeared at Drury Lane under the management of Augustus Harris.

After marrying theater manager Gustav Amburg, she retired for a time, returning in the mid-1890s to perform at the Metropolitan Opera and later at the Teatro Real. Critics generally praised her stage presence and technical expertise. Selections of her work were recorded by Gianni Bettini as part of the first phonograph cylinders of opera singers ever offered for sale in a catalog. Towards the end of her career, she performed in the first full, uncut American premiere of Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen in 1899. She retired that same year for a final time to take care of her sick father, leaving the United States for England after his death.

Early life Engle was born around 1860 in Chicago, Illinois,