HER LAST BIG EXIT
Today in Berlin: 22 February, 1932
On this day in 1932 in Berlin German dramatic soprano, Johanna Gadski, star of the NYC Metropolitan Opera, London’s Royal Opera House and one of the most admired performers of Wagnerian female characters (hers was an unforgettable Brünhilde), died in a car accident in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. The tragedy of her death was matched only by its bitter irony…
