Marie Sundelius (4 February 1882 – 27 June 1958) was a Swedish-American classical soprano. She sang for many years with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and later embarked on a second career as a celebrated voice teacher in Boston.
Marie Sundelius soprano 1882-1958
Born Marie Sundborg in Karlstad, Sweden, Sundelius moved to the United States at the age of nine, ultimately settling in Boston with her family in 1894. She graduated from The Dearborn School in 1897. She began to study music first with Frederick Bristol and later Enrica Clay Dillon. She also had coaching lessons with Swedish composer, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger in Stockholm, and French lyric tenor Edmond Clément in Paris. She married Gustaf Sundelius, a Swedish born businessman, in Boston in 1906.
Career
Sundelius began performing professionally in concerts and oratorios in Boston in 1910, making her debut performance under the baton of Karl Muck. In December 1915 she came to New York City for the first time to sing as a soloist in the world premiere of Marco Enrico Bossi’s Jeanne d’Arc with the Oratorio Society of New York. The performance was attended by Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera, who immediately approached her afterwards with an offer to join the roster of singers at the Met. She accepted, and made her opera debut at the “Old Met” on November 25, 1916 as the First Priestess in Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride with Melanie Kurt in the title role and Artur Bodanzky conducting.
Sundelius remained committed to the Metropolitan Opera up through 1923, although she returned to the house periodically as a guest artist up through 1928. Her roles at the house included Anna in Loreley, the Artichoke Vendor in Louise, the Cat in L’oiseau bleu, the Celestial Voice in Don Carlo, Diane in Iphigénie en Tauride, Elvira in L’italiana in Algeri, a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, Gerhilde, Gutrune, and Helmwige in The Ring Cycle, Inès in L’Africaine, Jemmy in William Tell, the Mermaid in Oberon, Micaela in Carmen, Musetta in La bohème, Nedda in Pagliaci, Pomone in La reine Fiammette, Samaritana in Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini, Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, the Voice of a Priestess in Aida, and the title role in The Golden Cockerel.
She also created roles in several world premieres at the Met, including Johanna in Reginald De Koven’s The Canterbury Pilgrims (1917), Amy Everton in Charles Wakefield Cadman’s Shanewis (1918), the Monitress in Suor Angelica (1918), and Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi (1918). Her last performance in a staged opera at the Met was as Marguerite in Faust on April 1, 1925 with Edward Johnson in the title role. She returned a few more times to the Met for concert performances, making her final and 248th appearance at the house on March 11, 1928.
While at the Met, Sundelius occasionally toured the United States in productions with the Scotti Opera Company. After she left New York in 1925, she went to Europe where she was committed to the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm through 1927. She also toured Europe, performing in concerts and recitals. In 1929-1930 she sang with the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company and the Chicago Civic Opera.
Metropolitan Opera
| The Canterbury Pilgrims {3} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 03/20/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65570 Aida {223} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65610 Die Walküre {184} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65640 Die Walküre {185} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 03/27/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65650 The Canterbury Pilgrims {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65720 The Canterbury Pilgrims {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/2/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65750 Aida {224} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/5/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65760 Parsifal {84} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/6/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65870 The Canterbury Pilgrims {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65940 Iphigénie en Tauride {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:65970 The Canterbury Pilgrims {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67000 Aida {225} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/12/1917 Opening Night {33} Giulio Gatti-Casazza, General Manager Debuts: José Mardones, Roberto Moranzoni |
| [Met Performance] CID:67090 Aida {226} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 11/20/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67130 Francesca da Rimini {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/24/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67280 Aida {227} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/6/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67370 Aida {228} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/14/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67530 Francesca da Rimini {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/1917 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67600 Aida {229} Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York; 01/1/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67750 Francesca da Rimini {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:67880 Aida {231} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/26/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68000 Francesca da Rimini {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/6/1918 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:68050 Thirteenth Sunday Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68060 Aida {232} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/11/1918 |
[Met Performance] CID:68340   United States Premiere (Le Coq d’Or) Cavalleria Rusticana {175} Le Coq d’Or {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/6/1918 Debuts: Adolph Bolm, Marshall Hall, Vincenzo Ioucelli, Willy Pogany |
| [Met Performance] CID:68370 Aida {233} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/9/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68450 Cavalleria Rusticana {176} Le Coq d’Or {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/1918 |
[Met Performance] CID:68550   World Premiere (The Robin Woman: Shanewis) World Premiere (The Dance in Place Congo) The Robin Woman: Shanewis {1} The Dance in Place Congo {1} L’Oracolo {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/23/1918 Debuts: Angela Gorman, Norman Bel Geddes, Ottokar Bartik, Giuseppe Bamboschek (Stage Debut) Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:68560 Carmen {243} Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York; 03/23/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68580 Cavalleria Rusticana {177} Le Coq d’Or {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68590 Carmen {244} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 03/26/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68610 The Robin Woman: Shanewis {2} Le Coq d’Or {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68620 Verdi Requiem Mass {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68700 Aida {234} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/4/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68720 The Robin Woman: Shanewis {3} L’Oracolo {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/5/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68780 The Robin Woman: Shanewis {4} Pagliacci {185} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68820 Cavalleria Rusticana {178} Le Coq d’Or {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68850 The Robin Woman: Shanewis {5} L’Oracolo {16} The Dance in Place Congo {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/15/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68870 L’Oracolo {17} Le Coq d’Or {6} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 04/16/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68880 Carmen {245} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:68930 Cavalleria Rusticana {179} Le Coq d’Or {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:70020 Aida {236} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/13/1918 Debut: Giulio Crimi Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:70200 Aida {237} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/29/1918 Review |
[Met Performance] CID:70380   World Premiere Il Trittico {1} Il Tabarro {1} Suor Angelica {1} Gianni Schicchi {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/14/1918 Debuts: Kitty Beale, Mary Ellis, Galileo Chini, Pietro Stroppa, Mario Malatesta Reviews |
| [Met Performance] CID:70410 Il Trittico {2} Il Tabarro {2} Suor Angelica {2} Gianni Schicchi {2} Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 12/17/1918 |
| [Met Performance] CID:70480 Il Trittico {3} Il Tabarro {3} Suor Angelica {3} Gianni Schicchi {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/1918 |
[Met Performance] CID:70540  Metropolitan Opera Premiere Oberon {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/28/1918 Debut: Cesare Del Grande Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:70620 Il Trittico {4} Il Tabarro {4} Suor Angelica {4} Gianni Schicchi {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/1919 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:70700 Oberon {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/9/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:70780 Il Trittico {5} Il Tabarro {5} Suor Angelica {5} Gianni Schicchi {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/16/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:70790 Oberon {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/1919 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:70820 Ninth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 01/19/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:70830 Cavalleria Rusticana {184} Le Coq d’Or {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/20/1919 Debut: Armando Agnini |
| [Met Performance] CID:70930 Oberon {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:70970 Il Trittico {6} Il Tabarro {6} Suor Angelica {6} Gianni Schicchi {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/1/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:70980 L’Oracolo {19} Le Coq d’Or {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/1/1919 Debut: Ada Quintina |
| [Met Performance] CID:71050 Carmen {247} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/8/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71090 Cavalleria Rusticana {185} Le Coq d’Or {11} Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York; 02/11/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71200 Cavalleria Rusticana {186} Le Coq d’Or {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71280 Il Trittico {7} Il Tabarro {7} Suor Angelica {7} Gianni Schicchi {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/26/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71310 La Reine Fiammette {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/1/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71360 Cavalleria Rusticana {187} Le Coq d’Or {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/5/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71440 World Premiere (The Legend) World Premiere (The Temple Dancer) The Legend {1} The Temple Dancer {1} The Robin Woman: Shanewis {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/1919 Debut: Florence Glover |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:71490 Seventeenth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71500 Le Coq d’Or {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71540 The Legend {2} The Temple Dancer {2} The Robin Woman: Shanewis {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71590 Oberon {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71640 Carmen {249} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71730 The Legend {3} The Temple Dancer {3} The Robin Woman: Shanewis {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/4/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71830 Oberon {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:71850 Carmen {250} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1919 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:71890 Gallia {4} Missa Breva {1} Stabat Mater {37} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73030 La Bohème {170} Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York; 11/18/1919 Debut: Orville Harrold |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:73090 First Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 11/23/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73130 Carmen {251} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/27/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73190 Oberon {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/1/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73230 Metropolitan Opera Premiere L’Italiana in Algeri {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/5/1919 Reviews |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:73260 Third Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 12/7/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73300 Carmen {253} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73370 Il Trittico {8} Il Tabarro {8} Suor Angelica {8} Gianni Schicchi {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/17/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73380 L’Italiana in Algeri {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73450 Oberon {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/24/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73490 L’Italiana in Algeri {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73520 La Bohème {173} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/29/1919 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73580 Il Trittico {9} Il Tabarro {9} Suor Angelica {9} Gianni Schicchi {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/1920 Debut: Giaco Mantonio |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:73600 Gallia {5} Stabat Mater {38} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/4/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73630 L’Italiana in Algeri {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/7/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73650 Cavalleria Rusticana {190} Le Coq d’Or {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/9/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73700 L’Oracolo {23} Le Coq d’Or {16} Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York; 01/13/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73750 La Bohème {174} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73770 Cavalleria Rusticana {191} Le Coq d’Or {17} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/19/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73830 Carmen {255} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/1920 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:73840 Tenth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 01/25/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73860 Le Coq d’Or {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73890 The Blue Bird {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73900 Oberon {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/30/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73920 Il Trittico {10} Il Tabarro {10} Suor Angelica {10} Gianni Schicchi {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:73980 Cleopatra’s Night {3} Le Coq d’Or {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/5/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74050 Carmen {256} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/11/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74150 New production Parsifal {85} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/1920 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:74190 Cavalleria Rusticana {192} Le Coq d’Or {20} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/21/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74270 Parsifal {86} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/1920 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:74290 Fifteenth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 02/29/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74300 Il Trittico {11} Il Tabarro {11} Suor Angelica {11} Gianni Schicchi {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/1/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74320 Cleopatra’s Night {6} Le Coq d’Or {21} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/3/1920 Debut: Henry Hadley |
| [Met Performance] CID:74330 Oberon {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74400 Parsifal {87} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74430 Carmen {257} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74440 Cavalleria Rusticana {193} Le Coq d’Or {22} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/13/1920 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:74460 Gallia {6} Stabat Mater {39} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/14/1920 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:74470 Special Performance Metropolitan Opera House; 03/15/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74520 Parsifal {88} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74690 Parsifal {89} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/2/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74840 L’Oracolo {28} Pagliacci {201} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/1920 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:74920 Twenty-Second Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:74950 Parsifal {90} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/21/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:75000 Oberon {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/24/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76020 Aida {254} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/1920 Debut: Giuseppe Danise |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:76070 First Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 11/21/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76110 Carmen {259} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/25/1920 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:76240 Third Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 12/5/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76280 Carmen {261} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/9/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76290 Parsifal {91} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/1920 Debut: Ellen Dalossy |
| [Met Performance] CID:76310 Oberon {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/11/1920 |
[Met Performance] CID:76450  Metropolitan Opera Premiere Don Carlo {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/23/1920 Debut: Gretel Urban Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:76490 Aida {257} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/25/1920 Debut: Carolina Lazzari |
| [Met Performance] CID:76510 The Blue Bird {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/27/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76560 Parsifal {92} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/1920 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76610 Don Carlo {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/3/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76630 Carmen {262} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/5/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76640 Oberon {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/6/1921 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:76680 Eighth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 01/9/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76690 L’Oracolo {30} Pagliacci {205} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/10/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76720 Don Carlo {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/12/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76740 Cavalleria Rusticana {197} Le Coq d’Or {23} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/1921 Debut: Sano Marks |
| [Met Performance] CID:76750 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Louise {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/15/1921 Debut: Giuseppe Sterzini, Triangle Studio Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:76820 Cleopatra’s Night {7} Le Coq d’Or {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/20/1921 Debuts: Grace Gibbons, Marie Harding |
| [Met Performance] CID:76870 Louise {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/24/1921 Debut: Raffaele Lipparini |
| [Met Performance] CID:76880 Don Carlo {4} American Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 01/25/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76930 Don Carlo {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/29/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:76990 Louise {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/3/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77060 Cavalleria Rusticana {198} Le Coq d’Or {25} Academy of Music, Brooklyn, New York; 02/8/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77100 Louise {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/11/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77110 Pagliacci {206} Le Coq d’Or {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/12/1921 Debut: Carl Berger |
| [Met Performance] CID:77180 L’Oracolo {32} Le Coq d’Or {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77240 Parsifal {93} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77260 Cleopatra’s Night {9} Le Coq d’Or {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/1921 Debuts: Samuel Gluck, Austin Herzell, Orica Wild |
| [Met Performance] CID:77270 Louise {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/24/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77280 Don Carlo {6} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77380 La Bohème {183} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/5/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77440 Aida {261} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/10/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77480 Don Carlo {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/12/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77490 In Concert Cavalleria Rusticana {199} Pagliacci {207} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/13/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77620 Parsifal {94} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77650 Faust {320} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77720 La Bohème {184} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/1/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77740 The Blue Bird {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/2/1921 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:77850 Twenty-First Sunday Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 04/10/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77880 Louise {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77890 Pagliacci {208} Il Segreto di Susanna {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1921 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:77940 Twenty-second Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:77950 Aida {264} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/18/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:78000 La Bohème {185} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/22/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:78020 Louise {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/23/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79010 Carmen {267} Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, Brooklyn; 11/15/1921 Debut: Myrtle Schaaf |
| [Met Performance] CID:79070 In Concert Cavalleria Rusticana {201} Pagliacci {209} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/20/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79080 Louise {9} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/21/1921 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:79160 Enrico Caruso Memorial Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 11/27/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79240 Carmen {268} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/3/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79310 Parsifal {95} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/9/1921 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:79420 Die Walküre {186} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/1921 Review |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:79450 Fifth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 12/18/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79500 Carmen {269} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79600 Louise {11} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/30/1921 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:79610 Die Walküre {187} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/31/1921 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79640 Parsifal {96} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/2/1922 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:79720 Eighth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 01/8/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79820 Die Walküre {188} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/16/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79830 Louise {12} Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, Brooklyn; 01/17/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79850 Don Carlo {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/18/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:79960 Die Walküre {189} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/26/1922 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:80110 Don Carlo {9} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 02/7/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80120 Louise {13} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/8/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80170 Carmen {272} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/11/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80270 Don Carlo {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/18/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80380 Die Walküre {190} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/25/1922 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:80460 Metropolitan Opera Premiere Loreley {1} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/4/1922 Review |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:80490 Sixteenth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 03/5/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80600 Die Walküre {192} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 03/14/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80630 Loreley {2} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/1922 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:80690 Special Performance Metropolitan Opera House; 03/20/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80770 L’Oracolo {37} L’Amore dei Tre Re {35} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/25/1922 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:80820 Loreley {3} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/29/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80840 Louise {14} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/30/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80890 Loreley {4} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/3/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:80990 Parsifal {97} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 04/11/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:81020 Parsifal {98} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:81030 Loreley {5} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/14/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:81070 Carmen {275} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:81100 Die Walküre {193} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/19/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:82040 Der Rosenkavalier {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/17/1922 Debuts: Paul Bender, Gustav Schützendorf, Muriel Tindal, Augusto Monti, Wilhelm von Wymetal Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:82070 In Concert Cavalleria Rusticana {209} Pagliacci {218} Metropolitan Opera House; 11/19/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:82090 Der Rosenkavalier {29} Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, Brooklyn; 11/21/1922 Review |
[Met Performance] CID:82230  Don Carlo {12} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/2/1922 Review |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:82250 Third Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 12/3/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:82280 Loreley {7} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/6/1922 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:82300 Parsifal {99} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/8/1922 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:82500 Loreley {8} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/22/1922 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:82530 Sixth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 12/24/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:82560 Loreley {9} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 12/26/1922 |
| [Met Performance] CID:82700 New production Guillaume Tell [William Tell] {15} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/5/1923 Debuts: Jessie York, August Berger Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:82740 Loreley {10} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/8/1923 Review |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:82820 Ninth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 01/14/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:82840 Guillaume Tell [William Tell] {16} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/15/1923 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:82860 Der Rosenkavalier {32} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/17/1923 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:82990 Die Walküre {199} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/27/1923 Debut: Delia Reinhardt Reviews |
| [Met Performance] CID:83040 La Bohème {199} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/31/1923 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:83180 Guillaume Tell [William Tell] {18} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/10/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:83360 La Bohème {201} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:83430 La Bohème {202} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 02/27/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:83480 Parsifal {101} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/3/1923 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:83520 La Bohème {203} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/6/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:83680 Carmen {282} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/17/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:83780 Faust {331} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/24/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:83850 Parsifal {102} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/30/1923 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:83890 Twentieth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 04/1/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:83900 L’Africaine {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/2/1923 Reviews |
| [Met Performance] CID:83940 Carmen {283} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/5/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:84030 Guillaume Tell [William Tell] {19} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/11/1923 Debut: Rita De Leporte |
| [Met Performance] CID:84110 L’Africaine {28} Academy of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 04/17/1923 |
| [Met Performance] CID:86840 Carmen {289} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/19/1924 Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:87170 Carmen {291} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/12/1924 |
| [Met Performance] CID:89490 Verdi Requiem Mass {24} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/22/1925 |
| [Met Performance] CID:90020 Faust {346} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/1/1925 Review |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:92600 Seventeenth Sunday Night Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/1926 |
| [Met Concert/Gala] CID:98810 Nineteenth Sunday Evening Concert Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/1928 |
Later years
She retired from the stage in the early 1930s, after which she taught for many years at the New England Conservatory. Among her notable pupils were Jean Cox, Mildred Miller, and Coretta Scott King. She died in Boston at the age of 74. Her voice is preserved on several recordings made on the Columbia, Vocalion and Edison record labels during the second decade of the 20th century.
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