Signe Rappe-Welden

Signe Rappe-Welden née Rappe (24 September 1879 – 21 May 1974) was a Swedish operatic soprano and voice teacher.

After a short period with the Royal Swedish Opera (1912–1913), she went on to give concerts in Europe and the United States.

[2][4] She studied voice under the Swedish opera singer Thekla Hofer and later in Berlin under the German Therese Schnabel and the Hungarian Etelka Gerster.

She appeared as a guest in London at Covent Garden and at the Albert Hall, at the Paris Opera, and in New York and Chicago.

[5] Among her successful roles were Salome, Elisabeth and Venus in Tannhäuser, Elisa in Lohengrin, Senta in The Flying Dutchman, Eva in The Master Singers, Rezia in Oberon, Aida, Desdemona in Otello and Marguerite in Faust.