Mizzi Günther
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Mizzi Günther (born Varnsdorf, Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic) 8 February 1879 - died Vienna 18 March 1961 was a Bohemian-Viennese operetta soprano.
Her debut was in 1897 in Hermannstadt, now Sibiu, in Romania, achieving 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 Die Dollarprinzessin (1907), also appearing the premieres of Fall's Die fidele Bauer (1908) and Emmerich Kálmán's Der kleine König (1912).
[edit] Sources
- Steane, J B (1992), 'Günther, Mizzi' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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