Elisabeth Radó
Elisabeth Radó (born October 29, 1899 in Mostar , † April 3, 1986 in Vienna ) was an Austrian opera singer and vocal teacher .
Life
Radó came from the former Yugoslavia , which at the time of her birth belonged to the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary . She received her first singing lessons from her adoptive mother, Maria Radó. In the early 1920s she went to Vienna , where she worked as an opera and concert singer. From the beginning of the 1930s she worked in Vienna mainly as a singing teacher, singing teacher and voice coach. Occasionally she still performed at concerts, but largely gave up her singing career in favor of vocal pedagogy.
From 1950 to 1966 Radó taught singing at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Radó was considered a “legendary vocal teacher” in Vienna. Her students included the opera singers Fritz Uhl , Waldemar Kmentt , Eberhard Waechter , Heinz Holecek , Dorit Hanak , Herbert Prikopa , Lilian Benningsen , Kieth Engen , as well as the tenor Werner Krenn , the mezzo-soprano Gertrude Jahn and the dramatic soprano Elsa Kastela-Kreihsl . Actors were also her students, including Michael Heltau .
Radó lived in Vienna in the 4th district of Wieden , together in a house with the later opera tenor Waldemar Kmentt , who was one of her students.
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Radó, Elisabeth. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Heinz Holecek: "Burli, it was you!" In Die Presse on December 11, 2010
- ↑ Waldemar Kmentt in: International Who's who in Music (excerpts from Google Books)
- ↑ Eberhard Waechter in: The Grove Book of Opera Singers (excerpts from Google Books)
- ↑ Michael Heltau or “prima la musica” ; Internet presence Michael Heltau; accessed on January 15, 2013
- ↑ Waldemar Kmentt is 80 ORF.at from February 5, 2009; last accessed on January 15, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Radó, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer and vocal teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mostar |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1986 |
| Place of death | Vienna |