Cp Bazzzman - Boo

ONEGIN (Onegin; nee Hoffmann, Hoffmann) Sigrid (Elizabeth Elfrida Emilia) (1 VI 1891, Stockholm - 16 VI 1943, Malyazo, near Lugano, Switzerland) - German singer (viola, then mezzo-soprano). Wife of the USA pianist E. Onegin. She studied singing in Frankfurt and Munich; cultivated in Milan. Conc.activity began in 1911 under the name Lily Hoffman. As an opera singer, she made her debut in the role of Carmen (Stuttgart, 1912). She was a soloist with the opera houses of Stuttgart (1912-19), Munich (1919-22), New York (The Metropolitan Opera, 1922-26), and Berlin (1926-31). She toured in London, Paris, Zurich, Salzburg, participated in Bayreuth festivals. O. possessed an expressive voice of a wide range, sophisticated technique, a subtle sense of style. The best works of the singer include parts in the operas of R. Wagner - Frick (Valkyrie), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Brangen (Tristan and Isolde), as well as Orpheus (Orpheus and Eurydice), Azuceni, Amneris .