ANNI FRIND (1900-1987) Max Reger: Waldeinsamkeit, orchestra conducted by Bruno Seidler-Winkler. Electrola E.G. 3643, recorded March 1936.
Anni Frind was born 3 February 1900 in Nixdorf, Bohemia, presently Czechoslovakia, At an early age she showed a talent for musc and soon began vocal studies in Dresden where her teachers we Eleanor Kahler-Riese, Grete Merrem-Nikish, and Luise Willer. Her professional debut in 1922 at the Grosse Volksoper, Berlin, in a minor role was soon followed by more demanding assignments, and a stage career which led eventually to opera and operetta appearances at the Staatsoper, Munich, the Salzburg Festival (1926) and in Berlin, Dresden, and other major European cities. She was especially noted for her interpretations of Mélisande, Gretel, Papagena, Cio-Cio-San, Musetta, and Adele. (from notes by Jack Belsom)

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