Johanna Gadski [SEP] voice type
Johanna Gadski
Johanna Emilia Agnes Gadski (15 June 187222 February 1932) was a German soprano. She was blessed with a secure, powerful, ringing voice, fine musicianship and an excellent technique. These attributes enabled her to enjoy a top-flight career in New York City and London, performing heavy dramatic roles in the German and Italian repertoires.
Biography.
She was born in Anklam, Prussia, on 15 June 1872, according to most references, but birth records still extant at the Evangelical Church of Saint
voice that were cut live at the Metropolitan Opera during the opening years of the 20th century.
Sources.
- , "The New Student's Reference Work"
- "The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera" (second edition), by Harold Rosenthal and John Warrack (Oxford University Press, London, 1980)
- "The Record of Singing" (volume one) by Michael Scott (Duckworth, London 1977).
External links.
- Discography of Johanna Gadski on Victor Records from the Encyclopedic