Mathilde Bauermeister Suggest updates
Born Hamburg, 1849.
Died Herne Bay, 15 October 1926.
German, later British, soprano.
Mathilde Bauermeister had an extensive career generally singing character roles rather than the major starring parts. Her Covent Garden appearances lasted nearly forty years, and she also worked extensively with Mapleson and for a while at the New York Met.
She studied in London at the Royal Academy of Music with the support of Therese Tietjens, and made her first appearance in 1866 at Dublin. Her Covent Garden debut in 1868 was as Siébel in Faust. Her repertoire extended to nearly 100 parts covering a wide range. These included Ännchen in Der Freischütz, Magdalene in Die Meistersinger and Mamma Lucia in Cavalleria Rusticana. She worked at Covent Garden every season between 1885 and her retirement in 1905. She made 16 trips to the USA, either with Mapleson's company or as a member of the company at the Met.
Roles in Scotland
- Giovanna Gilda's duenna
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Rigoletto 1869
- Third Lady in attendance on the Queen
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Zauberflöte 1869
- Alisa Ailsa, Lucy's companion
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Lucia di Lammermoor 1873
- Mermaid
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Oberon 1873
- Inez confidante of Leonora
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Trovatore 1873
Trovatore 1874
- First Bridesmaid
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Freischütz 1873
- Inès Léonor's confidante
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Favorite 1873
- Papagena disguised as an old woman
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Zauberflöte 1873
- First Maid of Honour
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Huguenots 1874
- Marcellina Bartolo's housekeeper
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Nozze di Figaro 1874
- First Boy
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Zauberflöte 1874
- Siébel a student of Dr Faust, in love with Marguerite
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Faust 1878
- Cherubino the Count's page
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Nozze di Figaro 1878
- Magdalene Eva's nurse
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Mastersingers of Nuremberg 1894
- Amor
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Orfeo ed Euridice 1894