Melitta Otto-Alvsleben

Henriette Melitta Otto-Alvsleben, also Melita Alvsleben, (16 December 1842 – 13 January 1893)

After graduating, she made her debut on 29 March 1860, at first against the resistance of the general director of the opera , who considered her unsuitable and initially refused her ten auditions. Nevertheless, her patron succeeded in getting her into an audition, whereupon she was employed by Lüttichau for 400 thaler per year.

She remained in Dresden as lyric and coloratura soprano until 1873 employed at the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden. Her annual salary quickly rose to 600, 1200 and 1800 thalers.

In 1866, she married Max Otto, who later became a senior customs officer.

Alvsleben took part in the world premiere of the opera Der Haideschacht by Franz von Holstein in Dresden on 24 October 1868. As a concert singer, she gave, for example, the soprano solo in the 9th Symphony at the Centenary Celebration 1871 in Bonn, postponed for a year because of the Franco-Prussian War. In 1879, Otto-Alvsleben performed at the Cincinnati music festival. or 1883.

Called the (Friedrichstadt Nightingale), Otto-Alvsleben died in 1893 in Dresden aged 50 and was buried in the .

Roles (selection) Anna in Hans Heiling by Heinrich Marschner Rowena in Der Templer und die Jüdin by Heinrich Marschner Queen of the Night in the Magic Flute by W. A. Mozart Martha in Martha by Friedrich von Flotow Alice in Robert le diable by Giacomo Meyerbeer Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner