Aglaja Orgeni
Hungarian operatic coloratura soprano
About Aglaja Orgeni
Lived 1841 – 1926 (aged 84). Aglaja Orgeni was a Hungarian and Austrian opera singer, music educator, university teacher, singer, actor and voice teacher.
Aglaja Orgeni (born Anna Maria von Görger St Jörgen; 17 December 1841 – 15 March 1926), was a Hungarian coloratura soprano.
Biography Orgeni was born in Rimászombat, Galicia (now Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia). She studied with Pauline Viardot in Baden-Baden
She became a member of the Hofoper Berlin (1865–1866), making her debut as Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula. Her students included Maude Fay, Carolyn Ortmann, Margarethe Siems, and Beatrice Gjertsen Bessesen. She eventually was appointed to the rank of Royal Professor, the first woman in Germany to receive that title.
Aglaja Orgeni died in Vienna in 1926, aged 84.
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Who was Aglaja Orgeni?
Hungarian operatic coloratura soprano (1841–1926)
When was Aglaja Orgeni born?
Aglaja Orgeni was born on 17 December 1841 in Rimavská Sobota.
When did Aglaja Orgeni die?
Aglaja Orgeni died on 15 March 1926 in Vienna.
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Aglaja Orgeni was an opera singer, music educator, university teacher, singer, actor and voice teacher.
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Aglaja Orgeni was Hungarian and Austrian.
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