Wippern, Louise Harriers

1835-1878

 

Accomplished dramatic singer. She made her first appearance at Berlin in 1857, playing Agatha in Der Freischütz and Alice in Robert le Diable. She made a great success and was permanently engaged there. She married an architect named Harriers at Bückeburg in 1859. She sang in London during the season of 1864 and the two seasons following, being well received. While at Konigsberg in 1868 she had an attack of diphtheria and though from 1870 she sang for a year or more in Berlin, her voice and strength were weakened and she was obliged to retire. She died at Gorbersdorf, Silesia.