One of the great artists of Grand Opera, to be presented by The Rice
Bureau of Nashville for a tour of the South next fall.
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March 1, 1895, Mme. Gadski made her debut at the New York Metropolitan
Opera House in the role of Elsa in “Lohengrin,” and during two more
seasons with the Damrosch-Ellis Company, of which Mme. Melba was also a
prominent member, she constantly increased her repertoire, progressing
from merely lyric to heavier dramatic parts and thereby growing in
public favor.
In 1898 Mme. Gadski became a member of the Grau Opera Company, at New
York. When Grau retired, in the spring of 1903, Mme. Gadski received and
accepted a flattering offer from Heinrich Conried, the successor to Mr.
Grau at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Besides her American engagements Mme. Gadski found time to appear at
Covent Garden, London, during the seasons 1899, 1900 and 1901. She also
sang Eva in the “Meistersinger” performances at Bayreuth in the summer
of 1899.
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