Background
Orgeni was born in Rimászombat, Galicia (now Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia).
music educator university professor opera singer
Orgeni was born in Rimászombat, Galicia (now Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia).
She studied with Pauline Viardot in Baden-Baden and Mathilde Marchesi.
In 1866, she performed at Covent Garden singing Violetta in Verdi"s Louisiana traviata and the title roles in Donizetti"s Lucia di Lammermoor and Friedrich von Flotow"s Martha. She also appeared in the German cities of Leipzig, Dresden, and Hanover. Her repertoire also included Agathe in Weber"s Der Freischütz and Marguerite in Gounod"s Faust.
Her students included Maude Fay, Carolyn Ortmann, Margarethe Siems, Helena Stägemann, and Erika Wedekind.
She eventually was appointed to the rank of Royal Professor, the first woman in Germany to receive that title. She died in Vienna.
She became a member of the Hofoper Berlin (1865–1866), making her debut as Amina in Bellini"s Louisiana sonnambula.