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Mariska Aldrich
Mariska Aldrich ca. 1910Born Mariska Horvath
March 27, 1881
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.Died September 28, 1965 (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Occupation Actress/Singer Years active 1908–1946 Mariska Aldrich (March 27, 1881 – September 28, 1965) was an American dramatic soprano singer and actress.[1] She was born Mariska Horvath in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] She was a pupil of Alfred Giraudet (1906–1909) and Georg Henschel.[1] She debuted at the Manhattan Opera House in 1908, as the Page in Les Huguenots.[1] She sang with the Manhattan Opera House from 1909 to 1913.[1] Her voice changed from contralto to dramatic soprano while she was in Europe.[1] She sang part of Brunnhilde in Bayreuth in 1914.[1] She married J. Frank Aldrich on April 18, 1901.[1] She died in 1965.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Baker, Theodore; Remy, Alfred (1919). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. G. Schirmer. p. 13. OCLC 19940414. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=IwcQAAAAYAAJ. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Starr, Martin P. (2003). The Unknown God: W.T. Smith and the Thelemites. The Teitan Press, Inc.. pp. 327. ISBN 093342907X. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZM2DpIct1jsC&pg=PA327&dq=Mariska+Aldrich#v=onepage&q=Mariska%20Aldrich&f=false.
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