Klafsky, Katharina
Klafsky, Katharina (b Sz. János, Hungary, 1855; d Hamburg, 1896). Hung. soprano. In ch. of Vienna Komische Oper 1874. Sang opera at Leipzig 1876–86. London début 1882 in Die Walküre. Hamburg Opera 1886–95. Sang in London 1892, under Mahler. Married cond. Otto Lohse 1895. Prin. sop., Damrosch Ger. Opera, NY, 1895–6.
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