Lola Artôt de Padilla

Lola Artôt de Padilla (5 October 1876 or 1880 - 12 April 1933)[1] was a French-Spanish soprano, renowned in Germany, where she mainly sang.

[8] She exhibited her vocal ability at a young age, but not her mother's fiery temperament.

She also performed in other cities in Germany and in the Netherlands, Paris, Scandinavia and Poland.

[3][9] She was the first in Berlin to sing the title roles in Busoni's opera Turandot and Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss considered her the best Octavian he had ever heard),[8][10] the Composer in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos,[11] and the Goosegirl in Engelbert Humperdinck's Königskinder (European premiere, 14 January 1911).

Her repertory also included the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro, Marie in Smetana's The Bartered Bride, Charlotte in Massenet's Werther, Micaela in Bizet's Carmen, and Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.