Georgina Schubert


Georgina 'Schubert' was a German coloratura soprano and lieder composer who toured throughout Europe.

Life

Schubert was born in Dresden to violinist and composer François Schubert and his wife, soprano Maschinka Schubert. She was not related to the better-known composer Franz Schubert. Her maternal grandparents were also musicians: Kapellmeister Georg Abraham Schneider and his wife, Dresden Court Opera singer Caroline Portmann. Schubert’s first teacher was her mother. She later studied with Jenny Lind and Manuel Garcia.
Schubert sang at major venues in England. She appeared at the Lyric Theater in Paris, and at venues in the Netherlands and throughout Europe. She sang the role of Dinorah in Giacomo Meyerbeer’s Le Pardon de Ploermel more than 30 times.

Compositions

Schubert composed at least 12 lieder:
  • “Ave Maria”
  • “Barcarole”
  • “Der Muschel gleichen meine Leider”
  • “Der traumende See”
  • “Die Heimath”
  • “Gondoliera”
  • “Ich mocht’ ein Lied dir singen”
  • “L’ame d’un ange”
  • “Romance”
  • “Romanza”
  • “Serenade”
  • “Wiegenlied”