Minnie Nast

[1] Nast performed in Dresden from 1898 to 1919 and then taught singing there until the bombing of the city in 1945 during World War II.

After the 1907 winter season, a shipwreck cost many of the opera company their lives and made her decide never to tour overseas again.

Nast specialized in light and soubrette roles, especially Mozart, and she created the part of Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier in 1911.

[2] She made some recordings which indicate high technical accomplishment, including her part in the trio from Der Rosenkavalier.

In 1911 she recorded scenes from "Rosenkavalier" with her fellow creators Margarethe Siems and Eva von der Osten for Gramophone and Odeon.