Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Jul 20, 2025

AUSTRIAN SOPRANO RIZA EIBENSCHÜTZ (1870-1947) CDR

 

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RIZA EIBENSCHÜTZ (BUDAPEST, 17 FEBRUARY, 1870 – PERCHTOLDSDORF, 16 JANUARY, 1947)

 

 

 

She studied singing with Joseph Gänsbacher and Marianne Brandt in Vienna and made her debut in 1894 at the Opernhaus in Leipzig as Sélika in G. Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine. Her repertoire included Brünnhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen, Senta in Der fliegende Holländer, Rezia in Oberon, Rachel in La Juive, and Leonore in Fidelio. She was married to the conductor Oskar Malata (1875–1959) and, after the end of her career, worked as a singing teacher in Vienna.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1984 Leipzig Opernhaus 

1895-1897 Straßburg Stadttheater

1897-1899 North America tour Damrosch Opera Company

1899-1902 Leipzig Opernhaus 

1902 Dresden Hofoper Salome by R. Strauss (Premiere)

1902 Dresden Hofoper Orestes by F. Weingartner (Premiere)

1902 Dresden Hofoper Das war ich by Leo Blech (Premiere)

1903 Dresden Hofoper Odysseus Tod by August Bungert (Premiere)

1905 Dresden Hofoper Salome by R. Strauss (Premiere)

1911 Dresdner Hofoper Rosenkavalier by R. Strauss (Premiere)

 

 

TRACKLIST

  

 

Fidelio (Beethoven) Mir ist so wunderbar (w. Nast, Rödiger & Rains) 2-44439 5065r Gramophone, Dresden 1908

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Ach dies Herz (w. Rains) 2-44436 5073r Gramophone, Dresden 1908

Juive (Halévy) Er kehrt zurück 2-43172 5082r Gramophone, Dresden 1908

Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Briefduett (w. Nast) 3-44032 5076r Gramophone, Dresden 1908

Rienzi (Wagner) In seiner Blüte X51940 xB4958 Odeon, Berlin 1910-09


AUSTRIAN SOPRANO RIZA EIBENSCHÜTZ (1870-1947) CDR

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