Arndt-Ober, Margarethe
Arndt-Ober, Margarethe
Amdt-Ober, Margarethe, German mezzo-soprano; b. Berlin, April 15, 1885; d. Bad Sachsa, March 24, 1971. She studied in Berlin with Benno Stolzenberg and later with Arthur Arndt, who became her husband. In 1906 she made her operatic debut as Azucena in Frankfurt an der Oder; in 1907, joined the Berlin Royal Opera. On Nov. 21, 1913, she made her Metropolitan Opera debut in N.Y. as Ortrud, remaining on its roster until 1917; then was interned until the end of World War I. In 1919 she became a member of the Berlin State Opera, where she sang until the end of World War II.
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