Lisa Otto
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Lisa Otto (14 November 1919, Dresden) is a German operatic soprano, particularly associated with soubrette and light coloratura roles.
She is the daughter of bass Karl Otto, she studied at the Musikhochschule of her native city of Dresden with Susanne Steunmetz-Prée. She made her debut in Beuthen, as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, in 1941, where she remained until 1944. She then sang in Nuremberg (1944-45), Dresden (1945-51), and joined the Berlin State Opera in 1951, where she was to remain for some 30 years.
She is best known for the soubrette roles in Mozart’s operas such as Blonchen, Susanna, Zerlina, Despina, Papagena. Other notables roles included Marzelline, Annchen, Zerline, etc. She took part in the creation of Giselher Klebe's Alkmene and Hans Werner Henze's Der junge Lord.
She made guest apperances at the Vienna State Opera, the Salzburg Festival, La Scala in Milan, the Paris Opera, the Glyndebourne Festival.
She is married to Hughe Lackert.
