Laura Friedmann

Laura Friedmann (8 April 1860 – after 1893) was a German operatic coloratura soprano.

On 30 June 1877, she passed her exams under the supervision of Joseph Joachim and was discharged into professional life.

In Paris, she also met Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Ambroise Thomas and Jules Massenet personally.

From 1883 until 1893, she was a member of the Semperoper in Dresden, and she also appeared several times as a concert singer.

Her repertoire included among others Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Rosina in the Barber of Seville, Violetta in Verdi's La traviata, Gilda in Rigoletto and Martha in Friedrich von Flotow's Martha.