Maria Keldorfer

Maria Keldorfer was an Austrian soprano and coloratura soubretteÖsterreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026). who studied at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and in Munich and BerlinÖsterreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026)., making her debut in 1903 at Salzburg as Olympia in Offenbach's Les contes d'HoffmannÖsterreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Keldorfer, Maria', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1470.. She was a member of the Dresden Court Opera from 1905 to 1913Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Keldorfer, Maria', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1470.Kutsch-Riemens keeps her in the Dresden ensemble into the 1920s; the Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon, which lists the Lexikon among its sources, has her a member from 1905 to 1913 and afterwards living in Berlin and Hanover as a concert singer, and is followed here., creating the Slave in the premiere of Strauss's Salome in 1905Wikipedia (2026) Salome (opera). (Accessed: 25 October 2026). and the First Orphan in Der Rosenkavalier in 1911Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Keldorfer, Maria', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1470.Wikipedia (2026) Der Rosenkavalier. (Accessed: August 2026)., and appeared at the Salzburg Mozart festivals of 1906 and 1910Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Keldorfer, Maria', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1470. and as a guest at the Vienna Court Opera in 1909Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026).. After 1913 she lived in Berlin and Hanover, working chiefly as a concert singerÖsterreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026)., before returning to SalzburgÖsterreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Keldorfer, Maria (I). (Accessed: August 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Keldorfer, Maria', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 1470..