Hungarian Female Singers - Marta Sebestyen, Ilka Palmay, Katica Illenyi, Vera Rozsa, Vali Racz, Sari Petrass, Magdolna Ruzsa, Eva Marton (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Marta Sebestyen, Ilka Palmay, Katica Illenyi, Vera Rozsa, Vali Racz, Sari Petrass, Magdolna Ruzsa, Eva Marton, Kati Kovacs, Julia Varady, Esther Rethy, Vera Schmidt, Friderika Bayer, Erzsebet Hazy, Margarete Matzenauer, Zsuzsa Koncz, Ildiko Komlosi, Sylvia Sass, Alice Guszalewicz, Gitta Alpar, Erika Miklosa, Szilvia Peter Szabo, Roza Csillag, Nikoletta Sz ke, Sarolta Zalatnay, Nora Gorbe, Csezy, Caroline von Gomperz-Bettelheim, Magda Laszlo, Hanna Honthy, Eva Mikes, Szandi, Monika Juhasz Miczura, Felicie Huni-Mihacsek, Sari Barabas, Maria Nemeth, Klari Katona, Ibolya Olah, Katya Tompos, Katharina Klafsky, Etelka Gerster, Maria von Ilosvay, Andrea Rost, Andrea Zsadon. Excerpt: Ilka Palmay (often erroneously written Ilka von Palmay) 21 September 1859 - 17 February 1945), born Ilona Petrass, was a Hungarian-born singer and actress. Palmay began her stage career in Hungary by 1880, and by the early 1890s, she was creating leading roles in opera and operetta at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna. She was married to Austrian Count Eugen Kinsky in the early 1890s. In 1895, Palmay began to perform in London, and in 1896 she created the leading role of Julia in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Grand Duke. In 1897, Palmay returned to Hungary and spent most of the rest of her long and successful career in Hungary and Austria. She continued to perform until 1928. Palmay was born in Ungvar, Ung Megye, Hungary. She was married twice, first to actor-manager Jozsef Szigligeti (from 1877 to 1886), and then to Austrian Count Eugen Kinsky in the early 1890s, who maintained an estate at estate at Althofen in Carinthia. Palmay began her stage career in Hungary (including Ko ice, Budapest and Kolozsvar) by 1880 and played about two dozen roles in the 1880s, including Serpolette in Les Cloches de Corneville In the early 1890s, she performed at t...