Question: Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna, she later premiered in a revision of "Ariadne auf Naxos", an opera by Richard Strauss, with a German libretto by who?

full_context: Document 1: Intermezzo (opera): Intermezzo, Op. 72, is an opera in two acts by Richard Strauss to his own German libretto, described as a "Bürgerliche Komödie mit sinfonischen Zwischenspielen " (bourgeois comedy with symphonic interludes). It premiered at the Dresden Semperoper on 4 November 1924, with sets that reproduced Strauss' home in Garmisch. The first Vienna performance was in January 1927.
Document 2: Wilhelmine Ritter: Wilhelmine Ritter was a German operatic mezzo-soprano. Little is known about the artist and the details about her birth and training are unknown. She was a member of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich from 1866 through 1871. While there she notably created the roles of Flosshilde in Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" on 22 September 1869 and Grimgerde (one of the Valkyries) in Wagner's "Die Walküre" on 26 June 1869. Her last performance at the house was as Orfeo in Christoph Willibald Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice" in 1871. She got married soon after and retired permanently from the stage. Currently no further biographical details about Ritter have surfaced.
Document 3: Gretl Schörg: Born in Vienna, Schörg first trained for the profession of typist. In 1937, at the age of 23, she won a beauty contest and became " Queen of Danube ". That same year she made her stage debut in Ostrava at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre in the world premiere of Ödön von Horváth's play "Der jüngste Tag". She spent the next two years performing at that theatre, and at theatres in Karlovy Vary, Ostrava, Marienbad, and Vienna (Theater in der Josefstadt). In 1939 she joined the opera house in Aussig (now Usti nad Labem) where she became popular as a performer in operettas. She made her professional opera debut at that house as Hannerl in Heinrich Berté's arrangement of Franz Schubert's "Das Dreimäderlhaus".
Document 4: Hermine Kittel: Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision of "Ariadne auf Naxos". She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in "Der Ring des Nibelungen". She also sang at the Salzburg Festival, where she often played Marcellina in "The Marriage of Figaro".
Document 5: Le bourgeois gentilhomme (Strauss): Le bourgeois gentilhomme (also widely know in its German form as "Der Bürger als Edelman"), Op. 60, is an orchestral suite written by Richard Strauss between 1911 and 1917. The original idea of Hugo von Hofmannsthal was to revive Molière's 1670 play "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme", simplify the plot and introduce a "commedia dell'arte" troupe, add some incidental music and conclude matters with a one-act opera "Ariadne auf Naxos".
Document 6: Ariadne auf Naxos (Benda): Ariadne auf Naxos ("Ariadne on Naxos") is a duodrama in one act by Czech composer Jiří Antonín Benda (also Georg Benda) with a German libretto by . It was commissioned by Abel Seyler, whose theatrical company arrived in Gotha in 1774. The opera's first performance was at the Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha, on 27 January 1775.
Document 7: Herta Glaz: Herta Glaz (also spelled Hertha; September 16, 1910 in Vienna – January 28, 2006 in Hamden, Connecticut) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and opera director of Austrian birth. She became a United States citizen in 1943. She was a fixture at the Metropolitan Opera between 1942-1956 where she sang in more than 300 performances. She was also highly active with the San Francisco Opera between 1944-1951. Some of the roles she portrayed on stage were Marcellina in "Le Nozze di Figaro", Annina, Siegrune in "Die Walküre", Flosshilde in "Götterdämmerung" and Magdalene in "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg".
Document 8: Capriccio (opera): Capriccio, Op. 85, is the final opera by German composer Richard Strauss, subtitled "A Conversation Piece for Music". The opera received its premiere performance at the Nationaltheater München on 28 October 1942. Clemens Krauss and Strauss wrote the German libretto. However, the genesis of the libretto came from Stefan Zweig in the 1930s, and Joseph Gregor further developed the idea several years later. Strauss then took on the libretto, but finally recruited Krauss as his collaborator on the opera. Most of the final libretto is by Krauss.
Document 9: Ariadne auf Naxos discography: This is a list of recordings of Ariadne auf Naxos, an opera by Richard Strauss with a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The work was first performed at the Hoftheater in Stuttgart on 25 October 1912. A radically revised version was performed in at the Hofoper in Vienna on 4 October 1916. (All the recordings listed on this page are of the revised version.) This list is incomplete.
Document 10: Richard Strauss: Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include "Der Rosenkavalier", "Elektra", "Die Frau ohne Schatten" and "Salome"; his Lieder, especially his "Four Last Songs"; his tone poems, including "Don Juan", "Death and Transfiguration", "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks", "Also sprach Zarathustra", "Ein Heldenleben", "Symphonia Domestica", and "An Alpine Symphony"; and other instrumental works such as "Metamorphosen" and his Oboe Concerto. Strauss was also a prominent conductor in Western Europe and the Americas, enjoying quasi-celebrity status as his compositions became standards of orchestral and operatic repertoire.
Document 11: Ariadne auf Naxos: Ariadne auf Naxos ("Ariadne on Naxos"), Op. 60, is an opera by Richard Strauss with a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Combining slapstick comedy and consummately beautiful music, the opera's theme is the competition between high and low art for the public's attention.
Document 12: Otto Edelmann: Otto Edelmann (February 5, 1917 in Vienna – May 14, 2003 in Vienna) was an Austrian bass. He was born in Vienna and studied singing in Vienna with Gunnar Graarud. His debut was at Gera as Figaro in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". He later sang the Vienna State Opera, the Edinburgh Festival and the Metropolitan Opera. He sang at the Bayreuth Festival immediately after its reopening in 1951 after World War II, performing the role of Hans Sachs in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg". (He also recorded as Veit Pogner the goldsmith in the same work in one of Hans Knappertsbusch's early recorded performances.) He also sang Ochs in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" at the first performances in the new Salzburg Festspielhaus in 1960. In 1957, he recorded the role of Wotan opposite Kirsten Flagstad in Georg Solti's recording of Act III of Wagner's "Die Walküre" (an album made prior to the later famous complete set of "Der Ring des Nibelungen"). He died in Vienna.
Document 13: Salome (opera): Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by the composer, based on Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the French play "Salomé" by Oscar Wilde. Strauss dedicated the opera to his friend Sir Edgar Speyer.
Document 14: Karin Branzell: Karin Branzell (24 September 189115 December 1974) was a Swedish operatic contralto (sometimes described as a mezzo-soprano), who had a prominent career at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, and in Europe. Her very wide range enabled her to sing both contralto roles and the occasional soprano role. She was particularly noted for her singing of the music of Richard Wagner, in roles such as Ortrud ("Lohengrin"), Venus ("Tannhäuser"), Erda ("Das Rheingold" and "Siegfried"), Brangäne ("Tristan und Isolde"), and Brunnhilde ("Die Walküre"). She was considered on a par with Margarete Klose and Kerstin Thorborg as a Wagnerian contralto. Amneris ("Aida"), Dalila ("Samson et Dalila"), Herodias ("Salome"), and Clytemnestra ("Elektra") were among her other renowned roles.
Document 15: Erna Ellmenreich: Erna Ellmenreich (30 May 1885 – 14 April 1976) was a German operatic soprano, a member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart. She performed there leading parts and several premieres, including "Ariadne auf Naxos" by Strauss and works by Paul Hindemith.
ground_truth: Hugo von Hofmannsthal