Marion Freschl

Marion Freschl (née Szekely) (January 16, 1896 - November 23, 1984, New York City) was an American operatic contralto and voice teacher of Hungarian descent. A member of the voice faculties at the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, she taught several highly successful singers, including Marian Anderson, Joan La Barbara, Brenda Lewis, Joanna Simon, Shirley Verrett, and Camilla Williams.[1]

Both Freschl and her brother, baritone and voice teacher Rudolph Szekely, were trained at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and began their careers as resident artists at the Hungarian State Opera House.[2] She went on to sing leading roles at opera houses in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia before immigrating to the United States in 1941. In the 1920s she was active with the Berlin State Opera.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Marion Freschl". The New York Times. November 26, 1984.
  2. ↑ Doug McGuire (2010). Music Business and Monkey Business. AuthorHouse. pp. 42–43.
  3. ↑ "New releases". The Phonograph Monthly Review 3: 254. 1928.
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