10 Facts About Margot Guilleaume

Margot Guilleaume was a German operatic soprano, a member of the Hamburg State Opera.

Margot Guilleaume was an academic teacher at the Musikhochschule Hamburg from 1950 to 1978, and was known beyond Germany as a singer in oratorio and concert.

Margot Guilleaume passed the exam to enter the Vogt'sches Konservatorium, and was trained for two years to be an opera choir singer.

Margot Guilleaume studied voice privately with Lilli Schmitt de Georgi.

Margot Guilleaume was a member of the chorus of the Bayreuth Festival in 1934 and was engaged at the Hamburg State Opera for smaller solo parts in 1936.

Margot Guilleaume recovered, and was able to step in as Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflote at the Deutsches Theater Gottingen, which gained her an engagement there, followed by the Theater Wilhelmshaven and the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater, where she performed major roles such as Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss, Micaela in Bizet's Carmen, Mimi in Puccini's La Boheme and Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci.

Margot Guilleaume was a soloist in radio concerts and recordings of Radio Hamburg, the later Norddeutscher Rundfunk which made her known and led to concerts and recordings for the labels Polydor and Deutsche Grammophon.

Margot Guilleaume performed Lieder all over Germany and in neighbouring countries, especially in France.

Margot Guilleaume sang in 1955 in a complete recording of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo the parts of Musica and Proserpina.

Margot Guilleaume was a lecturer at the Musikhochschule Hamburg from 1950.