Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

KLAFSKY, KATHARINA

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 844 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

KLAFSKY, KATHARINA -(1855-1896), Hungarian operatic See also:singer, was See also:born at Szt Janos, Wieselburg, of humble parents. Being employed at See also:Vienna as a nurserymaid, her See also:fine See also:soprano See also:voice led to her being engaged as a See also:chorus singer, and she was given See also:good lessons in See also:music. By 1882 she became well-known in Wagnerian roles at the See also:Leipzig See also:theatre, and she increased her reputation at other See also:German musical centres. In 1892 she appeared in See also:London, and had a See also:great success in See also:Wagner's operas, notably as Briinnhilde and as Isolde, her dramatic as well as vocal gifts being of an exceptional See also:order. She sang in See also:America in 1895, but died of See also:brain disease in 1896. A See also:Life, by L. Ordemann, was published in 1903 (Leipzig).

End of Article: KLAFSKY, KATHARINA

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
KLADNO 		[next]
KLAGENFURT (Slovene, Celovec)

Site © 2006 - Net Industries