Anne Roselle

Anne Roselle (born Gyenge Anna; March 20, 1893 – July 31, 1989) was a Hungarian/American operatic dramatic soprano.

Early life Gyenge Anna was born on March 20, 1893 (Some sources such as Grove Music Online and the Großes Sängerlexikon state she was born in Budapest.) Grove Music Online gives her date of birth as March 20, 1893, and they together moved to the US in this year, with her mother and stepfather. She studied singing with Estelle Liebling in New York City.

Career Roselle sang in New York, with the Metropolitan Opera in 1920, as Musetta in La bohème. She debuted on December 4, 1920, at the side of Frances Alda, Beniamino Gigli (his third performance in MET), Antonio Scotti and Adamo Didur. was a guest soloist with the Minneapolis Orchestra, toured in the central United States in the 1922–1923 season, and the private company of Antonio Scotti and was part of a radio broadcast of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, with Maria Olszewska. eeds URL Roselle returned to the United States late in 1929, and sang at Carnegie Hall. The New York Times reported that "her higher tones are usually produced with fine resonance and color and absolute fidelity to the pitch". In 1931, she starred in the first United States performance of Wozzeck, with the Philadelphia Orchestra, under the direction of Leopold Stokowski, and in the MET, as her last appearance there. and went to London to sing Turandot with her partners Eide Norena, Armand Tokatyan and Ezio Pinza. She gave a recital in 1948 at New York's Town Hall performance space. She recorded opera arias and songs by Schubert and Hungarian composers to 26 LP discs.

After she retired from the stage, Roselle taught voice in Philadelphia.

Roselle made several recordings in Berlin in the 1920s. In 1934, she gave an interview decrying the effect of recorded music on live music. In 1971, she gave another interview, grateful to revisit the past through recordings. She died in Lakeland on July 31, 1989 at the age of 96.