Maria Ivogün

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Maria Ivogün (18 November 1891, Budapest - 3 October 1987, Beatenberg, Switzerland) was a distinguished soprano singer of Hungarian origin. She was an outstanding interpreter of the works of Mozart: her recording of the aria of the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte) became legendary. Maria Ivogün was born Ilse Kempner. Her father was the Austro-Hungarian Colonel Pál Kempner. She created her professional name by contracting the maiden name of her mother, the Austrian operetta singer Ida von Günther. Probably through the second marriage of her mother to a Swiss man, she spent the greater part of her childhood and youth in Zürich. From 1909 (other sources say since 1907) she began to study singing at the Music Academy in Vienna with Irene Schlemmer-Ambros, and theatre with Professors Frauscher and Stoll. By 1916 Ivogün was reckoned among the best female singers in Europe and had roles in operas such as Fidelio (Marzelline), Così fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro and many others. Moreover she became well known as Zerbinetta in Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. In 1917 the title of Royal Bavarian Kammersängerin was bestowed upon her. In the same year she sang the boy-role of Ighino in the original production of Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina opposite the tenor Karl Erb in the title-role, whom she married in 1921. As artists, with their style of singing, the couple excited the press and the public to frenetic storms of enthusiasm. In 1932 Maria Ivogün was divorced from Karl

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Prima Voce - Ivogün

Maria Ivogün Sings

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Prima Voce

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Maria Ivogün - The Complete Odeon Recordings - 17 Unpublished It

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The Golden Age of Singing Vol. IV: 1930-1950

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Ivogün Prima Voce

Maria Ivogün

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Maria Ivogün (Recorded 1916 - 1932)

Great Opera Singers - Maria Ivogun / Recordings 1916 - 1932

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The Birth Of Opera 1910-1950

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The Birth Of Opera 1900-1950

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Prima Voce: Maria Ivogün

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