Mizzi Günther [SEP] voice type
Mizzi Günther
Mizzi Günther (8 February 1879 – 18 March 1961) was a Bohemian-Viennese operetta soprano.
Günther was born in Warnsdorf, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). Her debut was in 1897 in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu, in Romania. She achieved stardom in Vienna in 1901 as O Mimosa San in "The Geisha". She subsequently sang in England, France and Russia.
She created the title roles of Franz Lehár's "The Merry Widow" in 1905 and Leo Fall's "
J. B. (1992), "Günther, Mizzi" in "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", ed. Stanley Sadie (London)
External links.
- Mizzi Günther at Operetta Research Center
- , 1906, first recording