Margaret Matzenauer
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Margaret Matzenauer was an Austria-Hungary-born, later resident in the United States, mezzo-soprano and contralto. She had an opulent timbre and wide range. She performed key works from both the Itali
Margarete Matzenaur by Herman Mishkin
Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana and Margaret Matzenauer in 1915 at the Metropolitan Opera
Parsifal
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Parsifal is a music drama in three acts by the German composer Richard Wagner and his last composition. Wagner's own libretto for the work is freely based on the 13th-century Middle High German chival
Margaret Matzenauer
…reportedly had an eidetic memory and on 1 January 1912 when, with only a few days' notice, she appeared in the highly demanding role of Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal, an opera she had never sung before. Matzenauer sang at the Met for a total of 19 seasons, delivering a wide variety of roles including Eboli in the…
Amalie Materna, Emil Scaria and Hermann Winkelmann in the first production of the Bühnenweihfestspiel at the Bayreuth Festival
Drawing for a libretto cover page by Peter Hoffer (undated)
Poster for the premiere production of Parsifal, 1882
Scene design for the controversial 1903 production at the Metropolitan Opera: Gurnemanz leads Parsifal to Monsalvat (act 1)