CLAIRE DUX was an operatic and concert soprano with a successful career in continental Europe, England, and the United States.
Dux made her professional debut in 1906 at the Cologne Opera as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute. Other roles in Cologne included Mimi in Puccini's La bohème, and she gained an international reputation through European tours.
From 1911 until 1918, she was a member of the Berlin State Opera. There she impressed Thomas Beecham who invited her to sing Sophie in Richard Strauss' Der RosenKavalier. She made her London debut in 1911 with Thomas Beecham at His Majesty's Theatre.
She toured the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm from 1918 until 1921. In 1921, she became a member of the Chicago Civic Opera where she debuted as Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, where she remained for the rest of her career.
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