A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Pappenheim, Eugénie

PAPPENHEIM, Eugénie, a soprano singer who excited some attention in London for a couple of years. She is an Austrian by birth, and was first heard of at Mannheim, and then at Hamburg, where she was one of the opera troupe in 1872–75, and in 74 gave some 'Gastspiele' at Kroll's Theatre, Berlin, with great success, especially as Leonora (Fidelio). She next went to America as a member of a German company under Wachtel, and remained there till 1878, when on June 15 she made a successful début in London, at Her Majesty's Theatre, as Valentine in 'The Huguenots.' She followed this with a performance of Leonora in 'Fidelio,' and also appeared in the following seasons as Donna Anna, the Countess (Figaro), Leonora (Trovatore), Aïda, Reiza, Agatha, and Elsa (Lohengrin). Though not endowed with a voice of remarkable quality or compass, Madame Pappenheim is thoroughly good and careful both as a singer and an actress. Her parts are always studied with care and conscientiousness, and she is capable of considerable dramatic intensity. She is now a member of the German Theatre at Pesth.

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