- Sari Barabas
Sari Barabas (
March 14 ,1918 ,Budapest ) is an Hungarian operaticsoprano , particularly associated withcoloratura roles.She planned to be a dancer, but after an injury she turned to singing. She studied in Budapest with Frau Speckler, and made her debut at the
Budapest Opera in 1939, as Gilda in "Rigoletto ", but then the war interrupted her career.After the war, she appeared at the
Zurich Opera and theVienna Volksoper , and then joined theMunich State Opera in 1949, where she remained until 1971, she was also a regular guest at theVienna State Opera , where she established a reputation as a soprano of agiliy and glamourous personality.She made guest appearances as Gilda, at the
Royal Opera House in London, and at theGlyndebourne Festival , where she sang Konstanze in "The Abduction from the Seraglio ", Adele in "Le comte Ory ", and Zerbinetta in "Ariadne auf Naxos " to great acclaim. She made her American debut at theSan Francisco Opera in 1950, as the Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute ".She also sang
operetta , and enjoyed consideral success in London in 1969, in a revival of the musical, "The Great Waltz ". She retired from the stage in 1973.She was married to tenor Franz Klarwein (1914-1991).
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