Ira Malaniuk [SEP] voice type
Ira Malaniuk
Ira Malaniuk (; "Iryna Malanyuk"; 29 January 1919 – 25 February 2009) was an Austrian operatic contralto of Ukrainian descent, who sang a wide range of roles from Mozart to contemporary works.
Life.
Malaniuk was born in Stanyslaviv. She studied first in Lviv with Adam Didur, and later in Vienna with Anna Bahr-Mildenburg. She made her stage debut in Graz in 1945. She joined the Zurich Opera in 1947, where she took part in the creation of Willy Burkhard's
– Christel Goltz, Hans Hopf, Ira Malaniuk, Josef Metternich, Wilhelm Schirp – Cologne Radio Chorus and Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay – Cantus Classics (sung in German)
- 1955 – Mozart – "La clemenza di Tito" – Nicolai Gedda, Hilde Zadek, Ilse Wallerstein, Ira Malaniuk, Peter Offermanns, Gerhard Groschel – Cologne Radio Chorus and Orchestra, Joseph Keilberth – Cantus Classics (sung in Italian)