Rose Pauly (sometimes Pauly-Dresden, born Rose Pollak; 15 March 1894 – 14 December 1975) was a Hungarian

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Life and career

A native of

Eperjeske Eperjeske is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whe ...

, Pauly studied in

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with Rosa Papier-Paumgartner, and during the 1917–18 season made her debut in

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in a minor role in ''

Martha Martha (Hebrew: מָרְתָא‎) is a biblical figure described in the Gospels of Luke and John. Together with her siblings Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is described as living in the village of Bethany near Jerusalem. She was witness to ...

''. She next went to

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and

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before singing the title role in the German premiere of ''

Káťa Kabanová ''Káťa Kabanová'' (also known in various spellings including ''Katia'', ''Katja'', ''Katya'', and ''Kabanowa'') is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by the composer based on '' The Storm'', a play by Alexander ...

'' in

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in 1922. 1923 saw her appear at the

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, where she would go on to sing

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, the Empress, and

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, and where in 1931 she created the role of Agave in ''Die Bakchantinnen'' by

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. From 1927-31 she was on the roster of the

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, and she won acclaim for her performances at the

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in the roles of Marie in ''

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'' and the title roles in ''

Jenůfa ''Její pastorkyňa'' (''Her Stepdaughter''; commonly known as ''Jenůfa'' ) is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the play ''Její pastorkyňa'' by Gabriela Preissová. It was first performed ...

'' and '' Elektra''. In 1933 she appeared in Salzburg as the Dyer's Wife; the following year she returned in '' Elektra'' in the title role, which she would debut at the

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, in 1938, and at the

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. Pauly made few recordings during her career.

Death

Rose Pauly died in

Kfar Shmaryahu Kfar Shmaryahu ( he, כְּפַר שְׁמַרְיָהוּ, ar, كفار شمرياهو) is a local council in Israel, within the Tel Aviv District. History Kfar Shmaryahu was founded in May 1937, during the Fifth Aliyah. The founding members ...

, near

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, aged 81.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pauly, Rose 1894 births 1975 deaths Hungarian emigrants to Israel Hungarian operatic sopranos People from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County 20th-century Hungarian women opera singers Jewish opera singers