- Brema, Marie
[E] Brema, Marie, originally Bremer, voca-
list, mezzo-soprano, a native of Liverpool.
She studied under G. Henschel, and made
her debut at the Monday Popular Concerts,
February 23, 1891. Later (October) in the
same year, she appeared as Lola in " Cavalleria
Rusticana," at the Shaftesbury Theatre. She
first sang at the Philharmonic Concerts, April
20, 1893, and at the Crystal Palace, March 24,
1894. She was engaged for the Bayreuth
performance of 1894, appearing as Ortrud,
and in 1896, as Fricka and Kundry. Her Fes-
tival debut took place at Birmingham, October
3, 1895, when she created a marked impression
by her dramatic rendering of the part of the
Evil Spirit in Hubert Parry's oratorio, "King
Saul." She now ranks among the leading
singers of the day.entry id: 58-R-46
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