ROSA

See also:

• ROSA SUCHER (1849– )

SUCHER (1849– )  , German opera singer, nee Hasselbeck, was the wife of Josef Sucher (1844–1908), a well-known conductor and composer . They were married in 1876, when she had already had various engagements as a singer and he was conductor at the Leipzig city theatre . Frau Sucher soon became famous for her performances in Wagner's operas, her seasons in London in 1882 and 1892 proving her great capacity both as singer and actress; in 1886 and 1888 she sang at Bayreuth, and in later years she was principally associated with the opera stage in Berlin, retiring in 1903 . Her magnificent rendering of the part of Isolde in Wagner's opera is especially remembered .