She studied singing under Imré Bellovicz in Budapest . In 1888 she
made her debut at the Opera House of Leipzig appearing as Micaela in Bizet’s
‘’Carmen’’ and then in the 1891-92 season she was engaged by the Budapest Court
Opera, where she sang among other things the role of Senta in Wagner’s ‘’Fliegenden Holländer’’ and the
Elisabeth in ‘’Tannhäuser’’. After performing in Elberfeld and Dusseldorf
she went to sing in Magdeburg (1892-95), then to
Wroclaw
(1895-98) and only in 1899 she joined to the Dresden Court Opera. She sang
there parts like Aida, Sieglinde
in ‘’Walkure’’, Venus in ‘’Tannhäuser’’ and role of Tamara in Rubinstein’s ‘’Demon’’.
On 29. 5. 1901 she appeared in Dresden
in the premiere of the opera ‘’Manru’’ of Paderewski. from 1902-12 she belonged
to the ensemble of the Budapest National Opera. In 1902 she appeared in this opera
house in the premiere of the opera ‘’Götz
von Berlichingen’’ of Goldmark; in 1903 she sang there the role
of Tosca in the Hungarian première of the Puccini’s opera in presence of the
composer with the famous tenor Georg Anthes in the part of the Cavaradossi. In
1910 she created for Budapest
the role of Elektra in ‘’Elektra’’ of Strauss. In the 1912-14 season she performed
at the Opera House of Frankfurt a. M., then came, however, again to the
Budapest National Opera, where she sang among other things in 1914 the role of Kundry
in the Hungarian première of Wagner’s ‘’Parsifal’’. Later she worked as
pedagogue in Budapest .
Shewas married to opera singer Franz Schmidt (1852? - 1897).
Chronology of some appearances
1888 Leipzig Opera House Carmen (Micaela)
1891-1892 Budapest Court Opera
1892-1895 Magdeburg Opera House
1895-1898 Wroclaw Opera House
1899 Dresden Court Opera
1902-1912 Budapest National Opera
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