Caroline Finaly by Luckhardt

Caroline Finaly
1849-1934
German Soprano

She studied with Carl Maria Wolf in Vienna and made his debut in 1868 at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna as Olga in Offenbach's 'Grand Duchess of Gerolstein'. Until 1872, she remained at the Theater an der Wien; 1872-74 she was a member of Strampfer Theatre in Vienna and then went back up to her retirement from the stage in 1883 at the Theater an der Wien on. In the 1876-77 season she was heard at Vienna's Carl Theater. She was a great singer and operetta has been through a number of important premieres at the Theater an der Wien; Here she sang in the first performances of Johann Strauss operetta 'Cagliostro in Wien' (02.27.1875 as Emilia), 'Der lustige Krieg' (25.11.1881 as Violetta) and 'Eine Nacht in Venedig' (10.09.1883 as Annina ) and in Millöckers 'Bettelstudent' (02.06.1882 as Laura); in the world premiere of the operetta "Prinz Methusalem 'by Johann Strauss, she appeared at the Carl-Theater (01.03.1877 as Pulcinella).At the Theater an der Wien she was heard also in 1880 in the premiere of Millöcker operetta ‘Apajune der Wassermann' , 1883, by Franz von Suppé 'Die Afrikareise'. . The idolized by the Viennese public singer also gave guest performances, especially at the Friedrich Wilhelm Municipal Theater in Berlin. After her marriage to the businessman Géza Pulitzer and their resignation from the theater in 1883 she lived in Trieste