SELMA VOM SCHEIDT, Soprano * 26 September 1874, Bremen + 19 February 1959, Weimar;

Selma vom Scheidt (26 September 1874, Bremen – 19 February 1959, Weimar) was a German operatic soprano.
She was a pupil of Heinrich Böllhoff in Hamburg, and later of Theodor Bertram. In 1891 she made her operatic debut as Agathe in Elberfeld. After singing in Essen (1892–94) and Düsseldorf (1894–95), she appeared in Aachen, Bonn, and Berlin. In 1900 she joined the Weimar Opera, where she sang for some 25 years.

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