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Maria Jeritza
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Maria Jeritza (October 6, 1887, Brno – July 10, 1982, Orange, New Jersey), born Marie Jedličková, was a celebrated Moravian soprano singer, long associated with the Vienna State Opera (1912–1935) and the Metropolitan Opera (1921-1932 and 1951). Her sensational rise to fame and spectacular beauty and personality earned her the nickname The Moravian Thunderbolt. In 1910, she made her debut as Elsa, in Wagner's Lohengrin, at Olomouc. The Emperor Franz Josef heard her and immediately commanded that she be offered a contract at the Imperial Hofoper, Vienna. She created the roles of Blanchefleur in Kienzl's opera Der Kuhreigen (1911), Ariadne in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos (1912), the Empress in his Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919), and Marie/Marietta in Korngold's Die tote Stadt (1920), the latter also being the role of her debut with the Metropolitan Opera on November 19, 1921. On November 16, 1926, she starred in the title role of Puccini's Turandot in its North American premiere at the Metropolitan, where she also created the title or leading soprano roles in Leoš Janáček's Jenůfa (1924), Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's I gioielli della Madonna (1925), Korngold's Violanta (1927), Richard Strauss' Die Ägyptische Helena (1928), and Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio (1931) and Donna Juanita (1932.) Her popularity at the Metropolitan was, as in Vienna, immense, especially as Tosca, Carmen and Massenet's Thaïs. After a short, only two-year marriage to Mr. Wiener, Jeritza's second husband was an Au
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Die Tote Stadt: Glück, das mir verblieb
152Carmem: Habanera
113La Gioconda, Suicidio!
84The Maid Of Orleans: Joan's Aria
85Glück, das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt)
76Vissi d´arte (Tosca)
77Die tote stadt: Gluck, das mir
68Mild und leise (Tristan und Isolde)
59Du bist der Lenz (Die Walküre)
510Tristan und Isolde: Mild und leise
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Maria Jeritza
Maria Jeritza - Recordings 1914-1927
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Great Voices Of The Opera Vol. 6
Court Opera Classics
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Great Voices of the Century Sing Tchaikovsky: Music from "The Queen of Spades," "Yolanta," "Eugene Onegin" and Others
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Immortal Voices of the Vienna Opera
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Great Opera Singers - Anthology of Vintage Opera Recordings, Vol. 3
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More Legendary Voices
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HMV DB 1041 (2-033119) A34564
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The Record of Singing 1899-1952
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HMV DB 1041 (2-033120) A34567
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