Riza Eibenschütz

Riza Eibenschütz, married name Riza Malata, (17 February 1870 – 16 January 1947), was an Austrian operatic soprano and contralto.

Life Born in Budapest, Eibenschütz was the daughter of a merchant. She studied singing at the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität with Josef Gänsbacher and Marianne Brandt. Her large vocal range allowed her to sing both soprano and alto parts during her subsequent career as an opera singer.

Eibenschütz received her first engagement at the Opernhaus Leipzig, where she made her debut as Selica (L'Africaine) in 1894. After that she sang for two years at the Stadttheater Strasbourg. In 1897 she went on a two-year North American tour with the Damrosch Opera Company. Afterwards she returned to the Leipzig Opera, to whose ensemble she belonged from 1899 to 1902. On 15 February 1902 she appeared at the premiere of the opera by Felix Weingartner. In 1901 she had a guest appearance in Munich. She had several guest appearances, among others at the court opera of Berlin (1892 and 1908).

Her siblings were the conductor Siegmund Eibenschütz, the pianist Ilona Eibenschütz and the actress Gina Eibenschüt, her niece the singing teacher Maria Theodora Eibenschütz.