Etelka Gerster
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Etelka Gerster , also Elka Gerster , married Etelka Gerster-Gardini (born June 25, 1855 in Kaschau , Abaúj-Torna county ; † August 20, 1920 in Pontecchio near Bologna , Italy ) was a Hungarian opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Etelka Gerster, daughter of a factory owner, was discovered and promoted by the composer Michael Hebenstreit . She was a student of Mathilde Marchesi and made her debut in Venice in 1876 as 'Gilda' in Rigoletto . The next stops in her career were London (1877) and New York (1878). She was considered a rival of the opera singer Adelina Patti . There is evidence of appearances in Philadelphia in the years 1879 and 1881 to 1884. On the USA tour in 1878/1879 she sang alongside Italo Campanini in Il Talismano and La traviata . At the end of the tour there was a benefit concert in New York for the benefit of the flood victims in Szeged / Hungary, Gerster's homeland.
She may have lost her singing voice around 1889 as a result of the birth of her daughter Berthe. From 1896 to 1917 she taught singing in Berlin ('Gerster Method').
Elka Gerster, who married the impresario Gardini in 1877, was the mother of two daughters: Elca and Berthe.
students
- Lotte Lehmann , German-American opera singer
- Julia Culp , the 'Dutch nightingale'.
- Fanny Opfer , German song and oratorio singer
- Ilona Durigo , Hungarian contralto
- Clara Butt , British contralto
- Susanne Dessoir , German song and oratorio singer
- Birgit Engell , Danish soprano
- Mary Hagen , German soprano
- Lula Mysz-Gmeiner , German song interpreter
- Signe Rappe , Swedish soprano
- Elisabeth Ohlhoff , German opera singer
- Therese Behr-Schnabel , German opera and lied singer
- Ella Gmeiner , mezzo-soprano
- Else Knepel ,
- Elise Kühne , soprano
- Agnes Leydhecker , German contralto
- Jenny Dufau , soprano
- Magda von Dulong , mezzo-soprano
literature
- Gerster-Gardini Etelka. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 429.
- Fritz Reiner - A Biography ISBN 0-8101-1125-X
Web links
- Biographical information with picture on Elka Gerster
- Etelka Gerster , in: A Pallas Nagy Lexikona (Hungarian)
Remarks
- ↑ Year of birth according to ÖBL, Eisenberg dates to 1856
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerster, Etelka |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerster, Elka; Gerster-Gardini, Etelka |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian soprano |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Košice , Abaúj-Torna county |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th August 1920 |
| Place of death | Pontecchio near Bologna , Italy |