JERITZA, MARIA

yərĭtˈsə, 1887–1982, Austrian-American soprano. b. Brünn (now Brno). After her debut as Elsa in Lohengrin at Olmütz (now Olomouc) in 1910, she was a member (1912–35) of the Vienna State Opera. She created the title role in the opera Ariadne by Richard Strauss. Jeritza sang (1921–32) at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, where her Tosca was renowned.

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Classical Singers of the Opera and Recital Stages: A Bibliography of Biographical Materials
Book by Robert H. Cowden; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: Singers--Biography--Bibliography
...OW 13/10, 23/8-9. 3. Jeritza Maria. Sunlight and Song: a Singers...1931. 348 p. Decsey Ernst. Maria Jeritza . Wien: J. Fischer-Verlag...English and German. Werba Robert. Maria Jeritza Primadonna des Verismo . Wien...
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Richard Strauss
Book by Michael Kennedy; Clarendon Press, 1995
Subjects: Composers--Germany--Biography, Strauss, Richard--1864-1949
...and later stars, among them Maria Jeritza, Maria Ivogun, Lotte Lehmann, Elisabeth Schumann, Maria Olczewska, Lotte Schoene, Luise...Orchestra from 1922, recalled how Jeritza cut the role of Salome in her own...
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Opera Singers in Recital, Concert, and Feature Film: A Mediagraphy
Book by Sharon G. Almquist; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Concerts--Film Catalogs, Concerts--Video Catalogs, Motion Pictures--Catalogs
...Solti. See Ein Deutsches Requiem 1978 The Great Tenors Bel Canto Society CORELLI FRANO. Corelli Rarities JERITZA, MARIA Soprano Maria Jeritza starred in the feature film Grandfurstin Alexandra Grand Duchess Alexandra , 1933, with tenor Leo Slezak...
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Record Ratings: The Music Library Association's Index of Record Reviews
Book by Kurtz Myers, Richard S. Hill; Crown Publishers, 1956
Subjects: Music--Discography, Sound Recordings--Reviews--Indexes
...Giovanni 210 , 211 Iriarte, Ana Maria 61 , 65 , 71 , 95 , 208 , 287 2 Irwin...4 , 102 2 , 103 3 , 151 Ivogun, Maria 142 , 389 Jacquemont, Ray 294 Jacquier...Jensen, Beryl 128 Jerger, Alfred 253 Jeritza, Maria 144 Joachim, Irene 45 , 76 , 216...
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Operas in German: A Dictionary
Book by Margaret Ross Griffel; Greenwood Press, 1990
Subjects: Opera--Dictionaries
...Hand , 98 , Wozzeck , 261 Ivogun, Maria, Ariadne auf Naxos R. Strauss...Teufels Lustschloss , 50 Janowska, Maria, Der Zar lasst sich photographieren...Alfred? , Die Bakchantinnen , 21 Jeritza, Maria, Die agyptische Helena , 5 , Ariadne...
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Music Chronicle
Journal article by Robert S. Clark; The Hudson Review, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Composers, Musical criticism, Opera, Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)
...Metropolitan Opera is so slender. Its first appearance on the Met boards was in 1924, with the great Slavic soprano Maria Jeritza in the title role, but it was not seen again until 1974-in English, a misstep that the company subsequently corrected...


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Korngold: das Wunder der Heliane
Magazine article by Brendan Carroll; Musical Opinion, Vol. 133, September 2010
...wears a uniform that was copied from one worn by Colonel Gadaffi! The role of Heliane was created for legendary diva Maria Jeritza (alas, she never sang it) and requires a voice that is a combination of Salome and Turandoti She is the saintly...
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Richard Strauss' Die Ägyptische Helena
Magazine article by Clive Barnes; Musical Opinion, Vol. 130, July 2007
...the Metropolitan Opera and apparently its Premiere was not much of a success when even Strauss own choice, the famed Maria Jeritza, had had some difficulty with the score. No matter. At the 15 March Premiere of the Mets new production a gorgeously...
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Getting to the Heart of Strauss's Helen
Magazine article by Neil Crory; Opera Canada, Vol. 48, March 2007
Subjects: Metropolitan Opera-New York City NY, Musical performances, New York, Opera, Voight, Deborah
...symbolism, that melds illusion and reality. Over the decades, the opera has had its champions, notably sopranos Maria Jeritza, Gwyneth Jones, Leonie Rysanek and, more recently, Deborah Voigt. While it may be difficult to take an opera in...
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The Fourth Riddle of Turandot
Magazine article; Musical Opinion, Vol. 125, March 2002
...Puccinis intention that the frightened young woman is falling in love with Calaf during the Second Act while in turmoil. Maria Jeritza, the glamorous first Turandot at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and a favourite with the composer, was subtly...
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The Fourth Riddle of Turandot
Magazine article by Alan Sievewright; Musical Opinion, Vol. 126, November 2002
...tackled all the vocal problems. Turandot is a worrying role when you havent got the evident glamour and elegance of a Maria Jeritza, as can be seen from that great stars photographs. We also had two Calafs, Daniel Munoz and Zvetan Michailov. Claudia...
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The Face of Modern Opera; Opera for Troubled Times: Torsten Kerl (Foreground) as Paul in Korngold's Die Tote Stadt
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 14, 2009
Subjects: Die Tote Stadt (Opera), Operas
...after at the Met with the effulgent Maria Jeritza as heroine. The composer was Erich...get over the death of his wife, Maria a common condition after 4,000...production with Angela Denoka as Maria/Marietta. 2 DIE TOTE STADT (BMG...
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Maestro of the Movies; Precocious: Korngold Wrote Die Tote Stadt Aged 23 in 1920. It Became the Most Frequently Performed Contemporary Work at the Vienna Opera
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 24, 2007
Subjects: Composers, Motion pictures, Movies
...necrophiliacopera about a man who drives himself crazy that his dead wife is having anaffair in another town. It won soprano Maria Jeritza world fame and transferredwithin a year to New York. Over the next 15 years it had more performances inVienna than...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (V-Z)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 2, 2007
...ROLAND RANAN 17672 VALDOZ, MARIA RESURRECCION BRIOLA 17673 VALE...MADEL DE GUZMAN 17688 VALENCIA, MARIA CECILIA MERCIALES 17689 VALENCIA...MARECIL LABITAD 17724 VALLECERA, JERITZA LEGASPI 17725 VALLEJA, MARICHEL...JOY BALAJADIA 17746 VARGAS, MARIA CRISTINA PADILLA 17747 VARGAS...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (V-Z)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 6, 2007
...ROLAND RANAN 17672 VALDOZ, MARIA RESURRECCION BRIOLA 17673 VALE...MADEL DE GUZMAN 17688 VALENCIA, MARIA CECILIA MERCIALES 17689 VALENCIA...MARECIL LABITAD 17724 VALLECERA, JERITZA LEGASPI 17725 VALLEJA, MARICHEL...JOY BALAJADIA 17746 VARGAS, MARIA CRISTINA PADILLA 17747 VARGAS...
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Successful Examinees in the L.E.T. - ELEMENTARY - All Regions (V-Z)
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 4, 2007
...ROLAND RANAN 17672 VALDOZ, MARIA RESURRECCION BRIOLA 17673 VALE...MADEL DE GUZMAN 17688 VALENCIA, MARIA CECILIA MERCIALES 17689 VALENCIA...MARECIL LABITAD 17724 VALLECERA, JERITZA LEGASPI 17725 VALLEJA, MARICHEL...JOY BALAJADIA 17746 VARGAS, MARIA CRISTINA PADILLA 17747 VARGAS...
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encyclopedia articles on: Jeritza Maria  - 1 result

 
 
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Jeritza, Maria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JERITZA, MARIA y rit s , 1887 1982, Austrian-American soprano. b. Brunn (now Brno...She created the title role in the opera Ariadne by Richard Strauss. Jeritza sang (1921 32) at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, where her...


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