Irma Beilke (24 August 1904 – 20 December 1989) was a German operatic soprano, concert singer and academic voice teacher.
A member of the Städtische Oper Berlin for decades, and also a member of the Vienna State Opera, she appeared in leading roles of the coloratura soprano and lyric soprano repertoire at major opera houses and festivals internationally, such as Mozart's Blonde and Verdi's La traviata.
[2] She made her stage debut as a bridesmaid in Weber's Der Freischütz at the Städtische Oper Berlin in 1926,[2][3] where she remained until 1928.
She appeared in the opening performance after World War II, as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio,[2] conducted by Robert Heger, on 4 September at the Theater des Westens, where the Städtische Oper had to play because the opera house had been destroyed.
[2] She performed in world premieres, in Hans Stieber's Der Eulenspiegel in Leipzig in 1936, Julius Weismann's Die pfiffige Magd in 1939, the title role of Winfried Zillig's Die Windsbraut in 1941, as an Italian singer in Capriccio by Richard Strauss in 1942, and in Boris Blacher's Preußisches Märchen at the Berlin State Opera in 1952.