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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Austria
- Active from
- 1874-10-15
- Active to
- 1933-05-10
operasoprano
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Selma Kurz was an Austrian soprano who lived from 1874-1933. She began in Vienna performing her "legendary singing in Mahler's 1903 revival of Ballo, as well as in Goldmark's Queen of Sheba" which then "cemented her immense popularity with the Viennese public." She also enjoyed success throughout Europe. Between 1900 and 1925, she finished over 150 recordings. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Selma+Kurz">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Selma
- Family name
- Kurz
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Bielsko-Biała
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Spouse
- Josef von Halban
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- SelmaKurz.jpg
- Work location
- Vienna
- Voice type
- coloratura soprano
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- Commons category
- Selma Kurz
- cause of death
- cancer
- date of birth
- 1874-10-15
- date of death
- 1933-05-10
- Fach vocal classification
- coloratura soprano
- name in native language
- Selma Kurz
- manner of death
- natural causes
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