Margaret Matzenauer [SEP] voice type
Margaret Matzenauer
Margaret Matzenauer (sometimes spelled Margarete Matzenauer or Margarethe Matzenaur) (1 June 1881 – 19 May 1963) was a mezzo-soprano singer with an opulent timbre and a wide range to her voice. She performed key works from both the Italian and German operatic repertoires in Europe and the United States.
Biography.
Matzenauer was born in Temesvár, Austria-Hungary (now Timișoara, Romania). Her father Ludwig was a conductor, her mother an opera singer. She considered herself Hungarian although she had
" at the Baths of Caracalla. She made several recordings for Victor, and appeared in one Italian silent film, "Stefania" (1916). She taught young singers in Brazil during her marriage, and also taught voice in Rome in her later years.
Tenor Giacomo Lauri Volpi mentioned her in his "Voci parallele" as one of the only three real contraltos he had chanced to meet throughout his career (the others being Margaret Matzenauer and Matilde Blanco Sadun).
Personal life.
Gabriella Besanzoni and pianist