Margarethe Arndt-Ober

Bad Sachsa, March 17, 1971) was a German opera singer who had an active international career during the first half of the twentieth century.

A highly skilled contralto,[1] Ober enjoyed a particularly long and fruitful association with the Berlin State Opera from 1907 to 1944.

[2] Ober made her professional opera debut as Azucena in Giuseppe Verdi's Il trovatore at the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt in 1906.

[2] In 1913 Ober joined the roster of principal singers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, singing with the company for four seasons.

[4] With the company she notably sang Octavian in the United States premiere of Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier,[5] Katharine in the Met's first production of Hermann Goetz's Der Widerspänstigen Zähmung, and Alisoun in the world premiere of Reginald de Koven's The Canterbury Pilgrims.

Her voice is preserved on a number of recordings made on the HMV, Odeon, Parlophon, Pathé, and Victor labels.