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Marianne Brandt, family name Marie Bischof (12 September 1842 – 9 July 1921) was a German operatic singer. She was born in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 and was educated at the Conservatory in that city. She first attracted attention as Recha in La Juive
La Juive

La Juive is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Hal?vy to an original France libretto by Eug?ne Scribe....
 and soon afterward accepted an engagement in Graz
Graz

Graz , with a population of around 290,000 as of 2008 , is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria ....
. From 1868 to 1886 she was associated with the Royal Opera
Berlin State Opera

Staatsoper Unter den Linden is a prominent Germany opera company. Its permanent home is the Opera House on the Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin....
 in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
. In 1886 she went to New York
New York City

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, where she sang for several seasons the principal contralto
Contralto

In music, a contralto is a type of European classical music female voice type with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. The term is used to refer to the deepest female singing voice....
 rôles at the Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
 under Seidl
Anton Seidl

Anton Seidl was a Hungary conducting.He was born at Budapest, and entered the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in October 1870, remaining there until 1872, when he was summoned to Bayreuth as one of Richard Wagner's copyists....
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Marianne Brandt, family name Marie Bischof (12 September 1842 – 9 July 1921) was a German operatic singer. She was born in Vienna
Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
 and was educated at the Conservatory in that city. She first attracted attention as Recha in La Juive
La Juive

La Juive is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Hal?vy to an original France libretto by Eug?ne Scribe....
 and soon afterward accepted an engagement in Graz
Graz

Graz , with a population of around 290,000 as of 2008 , is the List of cities and towns in Austria#List of cities and towns by population size in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria ....
. From 1868 to 1886 she was associated with the Royal Opera
Berlin State Opera

Staatsoper Unter den Linden is a prominent Germany opera company. Its permanent home is the Opera House on the Unter den Linden boulevard in Berlin....
 in Berlin
Berlin

Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....
. In 1886 she went to New York
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, where she sang for several seasons the principal contralto
Contralto

In music, a contralto is a type of European classical music female voice type with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. The term is used to refer to the deepest female singing voice....
 rôles at the Metropolitan Opera House
Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
 under Seidl
Anton Seidl

Anton Seidl was a Hungary conducting.He was born at Budapest, and entered the Felix Mendelssohn College of Music and Theatre in October 1870, remaining there until 1872, when he was summoned to Bayreuth as one of Richard Wagner's copyists....
. Lilli Lehmann
Lilli Lehmann

Lilli Lehmann was a Germany operatic soprano of phenomenal versatility.The future opera star's father, August Lehmann, was a singer while her mother, Maria Theresia L?w , was a soprano of Jewish origin....
 and Emil Fischer were performing in New York City, too. Gifted with a rich contralto voice of extraordinary compass and possessing exceptional histrionic gifts, Marianne Brandt was regarded, in her prime, as one of the greatest German contraltos of the century. As an admirable interpreter of Wagnerian
Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, Conducting, theatre director and essayist, primarily known for his operas . Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner wrote both the scenario and libretto for his works....
 rôles, she contributed largely to the success of the Bayreuth music festivals
Bayreuth Festival

The Bayreuth Festival is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th century German composer Richard Wagner are presented....
 in 1876 and 1882. In 1890 she took up residence in Vienna as a vocal teacher.