Background
She was born Mariska Horvath in Boston, Massachusetts.
She was born Mariska Horvath in Boston, Massachusetts.
She was a pupil of Alfred Giraudet (1906–1909) and George Henschel. She sang with the Manhattan Opera House from 1909 to 1913. She was committed to the Metropolitan Opera in 1910-1911, where she performed the roles of Azucena in Il trovatore, Fricka in Das Rheingold, Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana, Naoia in Frederick Converse"s Iolan, Or, the Pipe of Desire, and Venus in Tannhäuser, Her voice changed from contralto to dramatic soprano while she was in Europe.
She sang the part of Brunnhilde in Bayreuth in 1914.
She died in 1965.
