Mindful October 2020

Elisabeth Rethberg, one of the leading sopranos of her era, enjoyed a sterling career at the Metropolitan Opera. During her 20 years at the Met, Rethberg sang 350 performances of 29 different roles in the House and on tour. A survey of these roles indicates the breadth and variety of Elisabeth Rethberg’s repertoire, spanning the works of Mozart to the contemporary operas of her day. Rethberg was equally adept in Mozart, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini and his fellow verismo composers. Rethberg also numbered among her roles several heroines in French grand opera (Rossini’s GUILLAUME TELL, Meyerbeer’s L’AFRICAINE, Gounod’s FAUST, and Halévy’s LA JUIVE).