MILA RODANI
1851-1888
German Soprano
She was the adopted daughter of the actor and later theatre director Ferdinand Röder (1808-1880). Her real name was Mila Mielke; later in her career as an opera singer she used the stage name Mila Rodani. She received her vocal training in Paris from the famous tenor Gustave Roger. There she turned already to operetta, especially the works of Jacques Offenbach. Then she came to Vienna and with her first appearance at the "Wiener Carltheater" in the Offenbach operetta "Der Schneeball" she had a sensational success. Then she went to Berlin, where she performed at the Wallner-theater. In Berlin she started singing (mainly Italian) opera roles under the name of Rodani, but her actual domain remained the operetta under the name of Röder. She died in Cologne, where she was recently engaged, during a hospital operation.