Luise Perard-Petzl

 Luise Perard-Petzl (1884 – 1936), operatic soprano, vintage silver print 'real photo' postcard.

After her education she had her first success under the name Luise Perard-Theissen at  the Hamburg Opera, where she appeared from 1907 to 1913. In the 1908-09 season she made guest appearances at Covent Garden and sang there till 1913 among other things as Chrysothemis in ‘’Elektra’’ of R. Strauss (1910). She performed also as Elsa in ‘’Lohengrin’’, Gutrune in "Götterdämmerung", Tosca and Aida. She sang in ‘’Tannhäuser’’ of Wagner both parts of the Elisabeth and Venus. In 1913 she alternated at Covent Garden in the première there of the "Rosenkavaliers" with Margarethe Siems in the part of the Marschallin and sang also in the première of the opera "Oberst Chabert" of Hermann Wolfgang von Waltershausen. In 1910 she made guest appearance in Amsterdam performing as Elsa in ‘’Lohengrin’’. In 1913 she was engaged by the Munich State Opera. Here she had till 1920 a successful career. On 16. 11. 1913 she sang in this Opera House in the premiere of the opera ‘’Sulamith’’ of Paul von Klenau. She appeared also as a guest in Berlin (1909), Frankfurt a. M. (1911), Zurich (1914), Brussels (1914) and in Oslo (1920). Later she worked as a singing teacher in Munich.

Verso bears original postcard graphics. In fine condition.