Riza Eibenschütz, married name Riza Malata, (17 February 1870 – 16 January 1947),See also the OeML (Weblinks), the year of birth and death varies in some sources (1868/1870/1971/1873 respectively 1946/1947/1948) was an Austrian operatic

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

and

contralto A contralto () is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range is the lowest female voice type. The contralto's vocal range is fairly rare; similar to the mezzo-soprano, and almost identical to that of a countertenor, typically b ...

Life

Born in Budapest, Eibenschütz was the daughter of a merchant. She studied singing at the

Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität The Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna ( (MUK)) in Vienna, Austria, is a university of music and the arts. It was previously (2005−2015) named (KONSuni, Konservatorium Wien University), and before that (Conservatory of Vienna). ...

with

Josef Gänsbacher Josef Gänsbacher (6 October 1829 in Vienna – 5 June 1911 ibid) was an Austrian music educator. Life Gänsbacher was the son of the composer and conductor Johann Baptist Gänsbacher. He studied law at the University of Vienna. In 1855 he ...

and

Marianne Brandt Marianne Brandt (1 October 1893 – 18 June 1983) was a German painter, sculptor, photographer, metalsmith, and designer who studied at the Bauhaus art school in Weimar and later became head of the Bauhaus ''Metall-Werkstatt'' (Metal Workshop ...

. Her large vocal range allowed her to sing both soprano and alto parts during her subsequent career as an opera singer.K. J. Kutsch, Leo Riemens: ''Ehnn, Bertha'' In ''

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'' vol. 2,

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, Munich 2003, . Eibenschütz received her first engagement at the

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, where she made her debut as Selica (''

L'Africaine ''L'Africaine'' (''The African Woman'') is an 1865 French ''grand opéra'' in five acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Eugène Scribe. Meyerbeer and Scribe began working on the opera in 1837, using the title ''L'Africaine'', bu ...

'') in 1894. After that she sang for two years at the Stadttheater Strasbourg. In 1897 she went on a two-year North American tour with the

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. Afterwards she returned to the Leipzig Opera, to whose ensemble she belonged from 1899 to 1902. On 15 February 1902 she appeared at the

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of the opera ' by

Felix Weingartner Paul Felix Weingartner, Edler von Münzberg (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist. Life and career Weingartner was born in Zara, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary (now Zadar, Croatia), to Austrian parents. T ...

. In 1901 she had a guest appearance in Munich. In 1902 Eibenschütz became a member of the

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in Dresden. There she sang among others at the world

s of ' by

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(6 October 1902), ''Odysseus Tod'' by

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(30 October 1903) as well as R. Strauss' operas ''

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'' (9 December 1905), '' Elektra'' (25 January 1909) and ''

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'' (as ''Marianne Leitmetzerin'', 26 January 1911). She had several guest appearances, among others at the court opera of Berlin (1892 and 1908). Among Eibenschütz' most successful roles were Brünnhilde (''

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''), Senta (''

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''), Rezia (''

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''), Rachel in Halévy's (''

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'') and Leonore in ''

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''. There are several recordings of her, among others published by

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(Dresden 1908) and

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. After her departure from the stage Eibenschütz worked as a singing teacher in Vienna. Among her pupils was the soprano Hanny Steffek (1927–2010). Eibenschütz was married to the conductor Oskar Malata (1875-1959). She died in

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near Vienna at age 76.Riza Eibenschütz
in ''

'' Her siblings were the conductor

Siegmund Eibenschütz Siegmund Eibenschütz (19 November 1856 – 19 February 1922) was an Austrian theatre director and conductor. Life Born in Budapest, Austrian Empire, Eibenschütz studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Franz Liszt, Robert Volkmann ...

, the pianist

Ilona Eibenschütz Ilona Eibenschütz (24 March 1871 in Budapest, Hungary – 21 May 1967 in London, England) was a Hungarian pianist. She received her first instruction in music from her cousin Albert Eibenschütz. Franz Liszt is said to have played at a concer ...

and the actress Gina Eibenschüt, her niece the singing teacher Maria Theodora Eibenschütz.

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