Maria Jeritza
Maria Jeritza
Top Songs
| 1 | 'T Ain't Nobody's Bus'ness if I Do | ||
| 2 | Elsa's Traum | ||
| 3 | I Know a Lovely Garden | ||
| 4 | Twilight | ||
| 5 | The Cuckoo |
Albums
Jun 1927 • 1 song
Feb 1925 • 2 songs
Dec 1922 • 1 song
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Biography
The flamboyant soprano Maria Jeritza, born in Moravia, made her early career primarily in Vienna, where her exceptional beauty, silvery spinto-weight voice and flair for dramatic (not to say sensational) stage action made her a star of the first magnitude. Baptized Mimi Jedlitzková and later calling herself Marie Jedlitzka, she sang a wide repertory and participated in the premieres of several important operas. Her glamorous presence was as welcome at the Metropolitan Opera as it was in Europe and she became a leading artist there in the 1920s.
Surprising though it may seem, ...