Irma Terväni

As Orpheus in “Orpheus und Euridice” by Gluck ,

Irma Terväni
( Irma Ackté)
1887-1936
Finnish Contralto/Mezzo

She was the daughter of Emmy Ackté and her sister was soprano Aino Ackté, Studied with her mother from 1905-07 at the conservatory in Paris. She was hired in 1908 at hovoperan in Dresden, where she performed the roles of Carmen in “Carmen” by Bizet , Orpheus “Orpheus und Euridice” by Gluck , Delilah in "Samson and Delilah" by Saint- Seans.Gave concerts in Stockholm 1909