Philine Fischer, née Franke, married name Sannemüller (1 February 1919 – 22 January 2001) was a German opera and concert singer (soprano).
Born in Leipzig, Fischer made her debut in 1944 as "Micaela" in Bizet's Carmen at the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater.
[1] After the success of the Handel oratorio Messiah conducted by Hermann Abendroth in the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig in 1945, she advanced to the status of prima donna of the 50s.
She worked with the likes of Horst-Tanu Margraf, Rudolf Heinrich, Heinz Rückert,[2] Rolf Apreck, Werner Enders, Kurt Hübenthal,[3] Günther Leib and Hellmuth Kaphahn.
[5] She was a member of the board of directors of the Gewerkschaft Kunst (DDR) [de] in Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund and was elected in October 1963 at the suggestion of the Cultural Association of the GDR as a successor candidate in the People's Chamber of the German Democratic Republic.