Lilly Hafgren-Waag

Lily Hafgren- Waag as Elizabeth in "Tannhauser" Wagner

Lily Hafgren- Waag
1884-1965
Swedish Soprano
Studied in Frankfurt and Milan on the advise of Seigfried Wagner ,Debut 1908 at Bayreuth as Freia in 'Das Rheingold".She was at the opera in Mannheim 1908-1912 this was followed by 6 years at the Hofoper in BerlinHer repertory ranged from Brunnhilde and Isolde to Pamina and the Countess Almaviva , Tosca , Carmen and Charlotte in 'Werther".She travelled all over Europe and performed Brunnhilde at La Scala 1925,1926 & 1930