Background
Anni Frind was born in Nixdorf, a small village in Bohemia (now Czechoslovakian Republic).
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She made her debut in 1922 at the Volksoper Berlin and went on to sing leading soprano roles in both opera and operetta at the Munich State Opera, the Dresden State Opera, the German Opera House in Berlin and other major European cities. After the successful premiere of Benatzky"s operetta Casanova in 1928, her energies were devoted mainly to operetta. And the ever-popular HMV recording of "The Nuns" Chorus" (compJohann Strauss II/arrRalph Benatzky) was produced.
She appeared as Adele in Max Reinhardt"s production of Die Fledermaus 200 times.
To avoid collaborating with the Nazis, Anni Frind curtailed her activities in Germany upon the rise of Hitler, and retired from professional singing at the outbreak of World World War II, later marrying. During the war she sang for Allied soldiers at the front and worked as a volunteer nurse
She died 1987 in New Orleans aged 87.
