Marta Eggerth

Marta Eggerth was a Hungarianborn American actress and singer from The Silver Age of Operetta. Many of the 20th centurys most famous operetta composers, including Franz Lehr, Fritz Kreisler, Robert Stolz, Oscar Straus and Paul Abraham, composed works especially for her.

Eggerth was born in Budapest, the daughter of Tilly , a dramatic coloratura soprano, and Paul Eggerth, a bank director. Her mother was Jewish. Eggerth began singing during her early childhood. Her mother dedicated herself to her daughter, who was called a Wunderkind at the age ofmaking her theatrical debut in the operetta Mannequins. It was during this time and the years that followed that Eggerth began singing the most demanding coloratura repertoire by composers including Rossini, Meyerbeer, Offenbach and Johann Strauss II. While still a teenager, Eggerth embarked on a tour of Denmark, Holland and Sweden before arriving in Vienna at the invitation of Emmerich Klmn. Klmn invited her to Vienna to understudy Adele Kern, the famous coloratura of the Vienna State Opera, in his operetta Das Veilchen vom Montmartre . Eggerth eventually took over the title role to great critical acclaim after Kern suddenly became indisposed. Subsequently, Eggerth performed the role of Adele in Max Reinha

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