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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Hungary
- Active from
- 1891-11-18
- Active to
- 1987-10-03
soprano
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Maria Ivogün (18 November 1891, Budapest - 3 October 1987, Beatenberg, Switzerland) was a distinguished soprano singer of Hungarian origin. She was an outstanding interpreter of the works of Mozart: her recording of the aria of the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte) became legendary. Maria Ivogün was born Ilse Kempner. Her father was the Austro-Hungarian Colonel Pál Kempner. She created her professional name by contracting the maiden name of her mother, the Austrian operetta singer Ida von
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mária
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Hungary
- Place of birth
- Budapest
- Place of death
- Beatenberg
- Spouse
- Karl Erb
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- Hungarian
- Field of work
- singing
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Maria Ivogün (Maria Kempner), by Franz Grainer, 1917.png
- Voice type
- coloratura soprano
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- Ellen Johnson
- date of death
- 1987-10-03
- date of birth
- 1891-11-18
- Commons category
- Maria Ivogün
- Fach vocal classification
- coloratura soprano
- student
- Evelyn Lear
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