Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Soviet opera singer and music educator
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Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
About Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere
- Žermena Heine-Vagnere (23 June 1923 – 7 December 2017) was a Latvian operatic soprano. She was born on 23 June 1923 in Riga, to singer Erna Heine.
- An uncle, Alberts Verners, was a leading baritone for the Latvian National Opera in the 1930s for which Heine-Vagnere also performed.
- She studied under singers Hertas Luses and Marijas Bolotovas. Heine-Vagnere began her career in 1950 and appeared in Macbeth as Lady Macbeth, Cavalleria rusticana as Santuzza, Otello as Desdemona, Eugene Onegin as Tatyana, Der Ring des Nibelungen as Brünnhilde and Lohengrin as Ortrud.
- Other performances included roles in Alfreds Kalninš's Banuta, Salome, and Turandot.
- She retired in November 1975, having sang in 39 distinct roles.Heine-Vagnere was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1969 and also received the Order of the Three Stars, third class.
- She was married to architect Nikolajs Vagners and died on 7 December 2017, aged 94.
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