Education
She studied in Berlin with Hermann Weissenborn, and made her debut in Wuppertal in 1933.
She studied in Berlin with Hermann Weissenborn, and made her debut in Wuppertal in 1933.
She made guest appearances at the Munich State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, the Paris Opéra, Louisiana Scala in Milan, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Metropolitan Opera in New New York She sang the title role in Britten"s The Rape of Lucretia, and Baba the Turk in Stravinsky"s The Rake"s Progress. Hongen had a rich and powerful voice and was an impressive singing-actress.
She retired from the stage in 1971.