{{Short description|German operatic soprano}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Carla Spletter | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|11|9|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1953|10|19|1911|11|9|df=y}} | death_place = |alma_mater = University of Music and Theatre Leipzig | other_names = | occupation = Operatic soprano | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Carla Spletter''' (9 November 1911 – 19 October 1953) was a German operatic soprano.
== Life == Carla Spletter was born in [[Flensburg]], [[Schleswig-Holstein]] in Germany in 1911, and studied at the [[Leipzig Conservatory]] before making her debut in 1932 at the [[Deutsche Oper]] in Berlin. From 1935 to 1945 she was a member of the [[Berlin State Opera]].<ref>Helga und Karlheinz Wendtland: Geliebter Kintopp, Künstlerbiografien L–Z, Verlag Medium Film, Berlin 1994</ref> Her repertoire included [[Carl Maria von Weber]]'s [[Oberon (Weber)|Oberon]] (1937) and [[Johann Strauss]] II's ''[[Eine Nacht in Venedig]]'' (1938), both of which she recorded. After 1945 Carla Spletter moved to Hamburg to join the ''[[Hamburgische Staatsoper]]''. Her last appearance was that of the title role in [[Alban Berg]]'s opera [[Lulu (opera)|Lulu]] for the German ([[Grillo-Theater]], Essen) and Dutch (''[[Stadsschouwburg]]'', Amsterdam) premieres of that work in March and July 1953 respectively, under the baton of [[Gustav König]]. Within a few months (October) she had died in Hamburg of cancer at the age of 41.<ref>[http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/1953/article200219629/Abschied-von-Carla-Spletter.html ''Abschied von Carla Spletter''. In: ''Hamburger Abendblatt'' vom 28. Oktober 1953.]</ref><ref>[http://operanederland.nl/2015/05/29/nederlandse-premiere-berg-lulu/ Nederlandse première: Berg – Lulu. Opera Nederland. 29 Mai 2015]</ref>
In 1937 Carla Spletter married Dr [[Peter Bischoff]], who had won a gold medal in sailing at the [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympic Games]].<ref>[http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/1964/article200786297/Zwischenbilanz-der-Segler.html ''Zwischenbilanz der Segler''. In: ''Hamburger Abendblatt'' vom 16. Oktober 1964.]</ref>
== Legacy == I addition to her recordings Carla Spletter featured in four feature films, including the title role in [[Friedrich von Flotow]]'s [[Martha (opera)|Martha]] (1936).
== Selected discography == * Mozart: ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' (Berlin, 24 October 1937), Reichssenders Berlin, conducted by Heinrich Steiner, Cantus-Lin (DA Music) 2000 * Mozart: ''Great Opera Recordings – Die Zauberflöte'' (Berlin 1937/1938), Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by [[Thomas Beecham]], Naxos Historical 2001 * Gounod: ''Faust'' (Stuttgart 5 December 1937), Stuttgarter Rundfunks, conducted by [[Joseph Keilberth]], Arkadia 2000 * Mozart: ''Die Zauberflöte'' (Berlin 1937–1938), Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by [[Thomas Beecham]], Naxos Historical 2001 * Weber: ''Oberon'' (Highlights, Berlin 15 August 1937), Reichssenders Berlin, conducted by [[Joseph Keilberth]], Cantus-Line (DA Music) 2002 * Johann Strauss: ''Eine Nacht in Venedig'' (22 January 1938), Reichssenders Berlin, conducted by Heinrich Steiner, Naxos Historical 2003 * ''ABC der Gesangskunst in Deutschland – Historisches Gesangslexikon Teil 5'', 70 historical recordings, including two arias from ''La Boheme'' by Carla Spletter, Cantus-Lin (DA Music), 2000
== Filmography == * 1936: ''[[Martha (1936 film)|Martha]]'', Directed by: [[Karl Anton]]/[[Frank Clifford (director)|Frank Clifford]] * 1937: ''Der Schauspieldirektor'', Directed by: [[Jürgen von Alten]] * 1939: ''Maria Ilona'', Directed by: [[Géza von Bolváry]] * 1940: ''Falstaff in Wien'', Directed by: [[Leopold Hainisch]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.akuma.de/carla-spletter/artist,q54229,release.html Einträge zu Carla Spletter] in der Musikdatenbank akuma.de * {{IMDb name}} * [https://tools.wmflabs.org/persondata/p/Carla_Spletter Personsuche] * [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=idn%3D123738709 Deutschen Nationalbibliothek]
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