Katharina Klafsky by Pollock

KATHARINA KLAFSKY
(1855-1896)
Hungarian soprano.
started her career as a choir singer at the “Komischen Oper Wien” IN 1874. In 1876 she was engaged at the “Opernhaus von Leipzig”, where she sang comprimario roles. Continued her studies with various teachers and finally with Mathilde Marchesi In 1879 she became “First soprano” at Leipzig. From 1883/86 she was engaged at the “Stadttheater von Bremen” and from 1886/95 at the “Stadttheater von Hamburg”. She made guest appearances at Berlin, Vienna and London (as Wellgunde and Waltraute in Wagner’s Ring-cycle). In the season 1895/96 she sang with the Damrosch Opera Company in the USA. At the end of this tour she was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera of New York for the next season, but this was prevented by her sudden death on September 11, 1896 at the age of 41.

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