Maria Waldmann [SEP] voice type
Maria Waldmann
Maria Waldmann (19 November 1845 – 6 November 1920) was an Austrian mezzo-soprano who had a noted association with Giuseppe Verdi.
She was born in Vienna in 1845 and studied with Francesco Lamperti. She dedicated herself to the Italian mezzo-soprano repertoire. She was heard with Teresa Stolz in September 1869 in a production of "Don Carlo" in Trieste. Thereafter she sang in Moscow and at La Scala, Milan where, in 1871-2, she appeared in both "La forza
Bispham, Italo Campanini, Virgilio Collini, Samuel Silas Curry, Franz Ferenczy, Friederike Grün, Teresa Stolz, Marie van Zandt, Maria Waldmann, Herbert Witherspoon, Tecla Vigna, and Lizzie Graham. His methods were very similar to older Italian methods, and he wrote a number of treatises on the subject.
Award.
Lamperti was created a Commander of the Crown of Italy for his services to music. 
Personal life.
His son Giovanni Battista Lamperti (1839–1910) was also a well-known voice teacher