Etelka Gerster
Etelka Gerster (25 June 1855, Košice – 20 August 1920, Pontecchio) was a Hungarian soprano. She debuted in Italy in 1876 and sang in London the following year.
In 1878, she was performing in the Academy of Music where she was considered one of the leading singers of her time. That year, she married Pietro Gardini.[1]
She and Gardini subsequently had a child, after which Gerster never sang professionally again. From 1896 until 1917, she taught singing in Berlin. Among her students were Ilona Durigo, Matja von Niessen-Stone, and Lotte Lehmann.
Her daughter married Fritz Reiner.
References[]
- ^ GERSTER, Etelka, in Who's Who in America (1901-1902 edition), via archive.org
Sources[]
Enciklopedia Slovenska. II. zväzok. Bratislava, 1978. VEDA Seeger, Horst: Opernlexikon. 3. ... überarb. ... Aufl. Berlin, 1986. Henschelverlag. ISBN 3362000142
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- Etelka Gerster (1855-1920)(Wayback Machine)
- "Cincinnati". Time Magazine. 1923-04-07. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- Luminous-Lint on Gerster
- Etelka Gerster(Gardini) portrait by Jose Mora
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