Claire Born (17 February 1898 – 18 December 1965)[1] was a German operatic soprano. A long-term member of the Vienna State Opera and the Semperoper in Dresden, she appeared at leading international opera houses and festivals, in roles such as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos. She performed in world premieres including Hindemith's Cardillac and Othmar Schoeck's Vom Fischer un syner Fru.
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Cardillac in 1926. Max Hirzel as the Officer and Born as Cardillac's daughter
Elektra, 1927. Anna Wolf-Ortner, left, as Elektra and Born as Chrysothemis
From 1926 to 1932, Born was a member of the Dresden Semperoper as one of the leading singers.[1] She performed in the premiere of Hindemith's Cardillac on 9 November 1926 as the Daughter, and in the premiere of Othmar Schoeck's Vom Fischer un syner Fru on 3 October 1930 as Ilsebill, a title character. In 1924 she appeared at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and in 1935 at the Graz Opera.[1]
Born was married to the banker Richard Kronstein.[1] Because of her Jewish origin, she had to leave Germany in 1933, and after the Anschluss in 1938 also Austria. She moved to Switzerland and then to London, where she worked as a singing teacher. After the war, she returned to Vienna, where she taught voice from 1946 to 1948. She died there on 18 December 1965.[1]
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