Selma Nicklaß-Kempner, occasionally also Niklas-Kempner, (2 April 1850 – 22 December 1928) was a German operatic soprano and singing teacher.
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Life
editBorn in Breslau, Nicklass-Kempner was a Student of Jenny Meyer (1834–1894) and made her debut as "Amina" in Bellini's La sonnambula at the Berlin Kroll Opera House. She had engagements in Aachen, Augsburg, Berlin (at the Stern Conservatory), Leipzig, Rotterdam and Vienna, where from 1884 she worked as a singing teacher at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde[1] and gave private lessons to Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864-1945).[2]
The long list of students speaks for her skills and reputation as a singing teacher.
Nicklass-Kempner died in Berlin at the age of 78. Her grave is located at the Friedhof Wilmersdorf in Berlin.
Her husband, Georg Nicklass, died on 28 May 1893 at the age of 41 in Vienna, Trauerhaus Innere Stadt. [3] Her daughter, Bertha Nicklass-Kempner, also became a soprano soloist and later, a singing teacher based in London. Her pupils included the international soprano Joan Carlyle.[4]
Students
edit- Louise von Ehrenstein (1867–1944)
- Mary Hagen (1867/1878–1944)
- Fanny Opfer (1870–1944)
- Ottilie Metzger (1878–1944)
- Ida Salden (1878–probably before 1930)
- Gertrud Förstel (1880–1950)
- Frieda Hempel (1885–1955)
- Mathilde Fröhlich
Further reading
edit- Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Vol. 4: Moffo – Seidel. Dritte, erweiterte Auflage. Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-11419-2, p. 2522.
References
edit- ^ r.: Hundertjahrfeier des Wiener Konservatoriums. (1817–1917). In: Neue Freie Presse, 6 October 1917, p. 24 (Online at ANNO).
- ^ Die Gesangslehrerin der Kronprinzessin. In Lars Friedrich: Das Mayerling-Sammelsurium. Kurioses aus 20 Jahren Mayerling-Archiv. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-7063-7, p. 36.
- ^ Statt jeder besonderen Meldung. (…) Georg Nicklass (…). In: Neue Freie Presse, 29 May 1893, p. 07 (Online at ANNO).
- ^ Daily Telegraph, 15 November 2021
External links
edit- Literature by and about Selma Nicklass-Kempner in the German National Library catalogue
