Irene Salemka (3 October 1928 – 27 August 2017) was a Canadian operatic soprano.
Irene Salemka was born in Friedensfeld, Manitoba; the family moved to Weyburn, Saskatchewan where her father was a Lutheran minister.
From 1956 to 1964 she was a leading soprano with Frankfurt State Opera, where she appeared in operas including Madama Butterfly, Pelléas et Mélisande (as Mélisande), Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta), Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie) and The Magic Flute (Pamina).
[1] In 1977 in Toronto she married James McGillivray; they were at school together in Weyburn, and met again in 1973.
[4] From 1991 Irene Salemka lived in Collingwood, Ontario; she died there on 27 August 2017, aged 86.