Zelma Kurz (Selma Kurz) |

Selma Kurz

Austrian singer (soprano). She made her debut in 1895 (Hamburg, the title role in Tom’s opera Mignon). Since 1896 in Frankfurt. In 1899, at the invitation of Mahler, she became a soloist at the Vienna Opera, where she performed until 1926. Among the parties are Tosca, Sieglinde in The Valkyrie, Eve in The Nuremberg Mastersingers, Elizabeth in Tannhäuser, etc. In 1904-07 she sang at Covent Garden, where Caruso was her partner in Rigoletto (Gilda’s part). In 1916 she sang with brilliance the part of Zerbinetta at the Vienna premiere of a new edition of R. Strauss’ opera Ariadne auf Naxos. In 1922 she performed the part of Constanza in Mozart’s The Abduction from the Seraglio at the Salzburg Festival.

E. Tsodokov