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Kemp, Barbara, 1881-1959

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Personal name headingKemp, Barbara, 1881-1959
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Variant(s)Mikley-Kemp, Barbara, 1881-1959
Schillings, Barbara von, 1881-1959
Associated countryGermany
Birth date18811212
Death date19590417
Place of birthCochem (Germany)
Place of deathBerlin (Germany)
Field of activityOpera Singing Opera--Production and direction
AffiliationStädtische Oper Berlin
Profession or occupationSopranos (Singers) Opera producers and directors
Found inGreat operatic finales [SR] 195-?: label (Barbara Kemp, soprano)
New Grove (Kemp (Mikley-Kemp), Barbara; b. 12-12-1881, Kochem an der Mosel; d. 4-17-59, Berlin)
Ingwelde, 2012: p.[v] (In 1938, five years after Schillings's death, his widow Barbara von Schillings (formerly Barbara Kemp, one of the great dramatic sopranos of her era) made a valiant attempt to revive Ingwelde at the Berlin State Opera, where she functioned as stage director. To help the work find its way back into the repertoire she made a number of changes to the libretto)
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