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Erna Berger
Erna Berger
operatic singer
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Margarete Klose
Margarete Klose
singer
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Ute Trekel-Burckhardt
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt
German singer and opera singer
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Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig
German mezzo-soprano
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Hildegard Behrens
Hildegard Behrens
German operatic soprano
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Helen Donath
Helen Donath
American soprano
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Dagmar Pecková
Dagmar Pecková
Czech opera singer
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Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann
German conductor
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Evelyn Herlitzius
Evelyn Herlitzius
German opera singer
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Minnie Nast
Minnie Nast
opera singer
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Iris Vermillion
Iris Vermillion
German singer and opera singer
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Liselotte Hammes
Liselotte Hammes
German operatic soprano and voice teacher
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Evelyn Lear
Evelyn Lear
American operatic soprano
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Hanna Schwarz
Hanna Schwarz
German mezzo-soprano
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Patricia Johnson
Patricia Johnson
British operatic mezzo-soprano
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Spas Wenkoff
Spas Wenkoff
Austrian singer and opera singer
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Lisa Della Casa
Lisa Della Casa
Swiss soprano (1919-2012)
Lisa Otto
Singer, film actress

Lisa Otto

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Singer, film actress

Lisa Otto (14 November 1919 – 18 September 2013) was a German operatic soprano, particularly associated with soubrette and light coloratura soprano roles.

Born in Dresden, she studied there at the Musikhochschule with Susanne Steinmetz-Prée. She made her debut, as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, in 1941 at the Silesian Opera in Beuthen, where she remained until 1944. She then sang in Nuremberg (1944–45), Dresden (1945–51), and joined the Berlin State Opera in 1951, where she was to remain until 1985.

She is best known for soubrette roles in Mozart's operas, such as Blondchen, Susanna, Zerlina, Despina, and Papagena. Other notables roles included the First Lady, Marzelline, Ännchen, Zerline, Echo, etc. She took part in the creation of Giselher Klebe's Alkmene and Hans Werner Henze's Der junge Lord. She made guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, La Scala in Milan, the Paris Opera, and the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.