Maria Gerhart, also Marie Gerhart, married name Maria Gerhart-Gschwandtner (10 July 1890 – 2 November 1975) was an Austrian operatic
soprano
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.
Life
Born in Vienna, Gerhart completed her
music education
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at the Vienna Conservatory. In 1918 she made her debut at the Volksoper Wien, in 1919 at the
Wiener Staatsoper
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Salzburg Festival
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Mozart
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Richard Strauss
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. As Konstanze, "after the 'martyrdom aria', hegained applause on the open scene", as the '' Neue Musikzeitung'' wrote in a festival report. In 1934, she was awarded the title Kammersängerin at the Vienna State Opera. From 1 November 1950 to 30 November 1934. September 1955 she taught at the
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
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With a student body of over three thousa ...
, among her students was the soprano
Liselotte Maikl
Liselotte Maikl (6 March 1925 – 10 December 2014)
Gerhart shone in the classical
coloratura
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parts – Donizetti's
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''.
Gerhart was married to the accompanist and conductor Rudolf Gschwandtner.
Roles
Sources for the list of roles:
Salzburg Festival
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Alexander Rausch
Alexander Rausch (born in 1971) is an Austrian musicologist.
Life
Born in Vienna, Rausch studied musicology and Romanistic at the University of Vienna from 1989 to 1996. In 1994 he completed an Erasmus Programme semester abroad at the Bavarian ...