Eva Didur (born 1896), also known as Ewa Didur, was a Polish dramatic soprano singer.
Eva Didur (born 1896), also known as Ewa Didur, was a Polish dramatic soprano singer.
Eva Didur was born in Poland, [1] the daughter of Polish singer Adamo Didur and his first wife, Mexican singer Angela Aranda Arellano. Her younger sisters were Mary Didur-Załuska (1905-1979) and Olga Didur-Wiktorowa (1900-1963), who were also professional singers. [2] Eva Didur studied voice with William Thorner [3] and Gina Ciaparelli-Viafora. [4]
Didur had her concert debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1918, [5] a concert in which she "exhibited a fine, powerful powerful soprano and decided dramatic temperament." [6] [7] She sang at the Hippodrome with her father in December 1918. [8] She went on to Italy in 1919, [9] where she sang the part of Mimi in La bohème in Milan. [10] She was engaged to sing in Trieste during the 1919-1920 opera season. [11] [12] In 1921 she was back in Milan to sing the part of Marguerite in Mefistofele , under the direction of her godfather, Arturo Toscanini. [13]
Didur sang at many benefit events during World War I. In 1917 she performed at a concert with pianists Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Zygmunt Stojowski for the Polish Victims War Relief Fund. [14] She performed with her father at a benefit for the Russian Relief Fund at Carnegie Hall, [15] and at another benefit for the Polish Army Hospital in France, at Aeolian Hall, a few weeks later. [16] In the summer of 1918 she sang the Polish national anthem and other music at a "Polish Night" stadium concert in New York, [17] under the direction of Arnold Volpe, [18] and at a Red Cross benefit concert on Long Island. [19]
As a young woman Eva Didur was close friends with silent film actress Dagmar Godowsky. [10]
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