I lived a few blocks from her mansion in Newark. Walked past it every day from school. It was eerie and the outside overgrown with wrought iron fence enclosing it. It was our favorite "haunted" house . She was never there.
Very interesting. Sounds surprising good for a shortwave radio aircheck! Also, this is the first time I have ever heard Jeritza speaking! Many thanks for posting this, as always!
Delightful posting. Jeritza lived only a few blocks away from my friend, Christopher Collins Lee, concertmaster of the Reading Symphony Orchestra. We've driven by her former residence numerous times...which was near the former Tiffany Glass Co. factory, which is now an apartment complex.
Wonderful to have this hitherto unknown item in surprisingly good sound. Thank you so much for sharing this most enjoyable snatch from the past. The voice sounds in fine state after many years of singing heavy roles. Pity that so few of her commercial discs do her justice. Some idea of her youthful vocal allure can be garnered from her acoustic Odeons. What a singer! Vivian
MARIA JERITZA (October 6, 1887 - July 10, 1982) - Czech soprano. "The GOLDEN GIRL of opera's GOLDEN AGE." She created the title role in Ariande auf Nazos and was acclaimed as the great Salome of her time. She shocked Puccini by singing his dying arias lying flat on the stage. Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
Madame Jeritza was my neighbor throughout my entire childhood. She died when I was a teen. She was a lovely person in every way. Somehow the IMDB movie database picked up on this in my online bio. www.imdb.com/name/nm3834680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
What a blast from the past this is! Love it. She still sounds good at this stage. Quite a listenable broadcast. Just a technical note. I am fairly certain that this was broadcast on 40 meters. 40 meters was given to the amateur radio community in America because it was considered unusable commercially, but in fact it worked quite well at night and is still used in Europe. That's about the only way this could have come through so clearly on shortwave.
Believe "I Love You Truly" was recorded by many, but Sophie Braslau is the only one who comes to mind. Jertiza was a gorgeous, glamorous beauty, who could also sing, as you note here especially in the Lehar. Many thanks, Nate!
Hi Doug Amazing - to hear a recording on 78 from a Shortwave broadcast in 1935 - what a stunner - the technology was so simple and yet worked so well. Warm regards Richard
Very good sound Doug. This is one of the better-sounding Magic Key programs and it's always fun to hear Milton Cross as well. Jeritza would have thrived in the era of DVD opera, Her records just don't convey the electricity she generated onstage.
Douglas, I LOVE ze OyROpean accent!!! ♥️ Now listening. And check out her glam get-up. Today’s woke activists need to take a cue from that pic. Love it. 👏🏻
@eclecticdufus Yes,while her studio recordings don't live up to her larger-than-life reputation, perhaps we get a real glimpse of her here. As always... thank YOU!
I have a 1939 Zenith Symphonic Short Wave Radio. It's nice to hear the music that would play on it, if it worked. I guess it needs a tube, but then someone said it would have to be rewired too. Anyway, this singer sounds better than the Sopranos I used to hear on the Edison Machine I once had. The 1920's were better than the 1910's in Sopranos perhaps. I don't know. I found this lady because some criminal on a crime show lived in her house in Newark, NJ, it said on the show. Interesting.
Anyone else hear Melania Trump? Very close sounding. Maria had a slav accent like Melania.. of course I'm talking about their speaking voices not operatic! Czechoslovakia /Slovenian
Maria spoke german as her mother language. Brünn (Brno) was partly czech and german in her days and even had an german major in 1887. She went to german schools and institutes and was famous for her "Brünner-Deutsch" when she entered at the Hofoper in Vienna 1912. She had a wonderful viennese dialect and people like Korngold, Strauss, Reitz, Lehar and Kurt Weil loved to have conversations with her due to her authentic viennese dialect they all missed so much, when they had to leave europe for a long time due to hitler and the war... She was bilingual in her youth and later in her life, as we all know, she became very fluent in english.
I lived a few blocks from her mansion in Newark. Walked past it every day from school. It was eerie and the outside overgrown with wrought iron fence enclosing it.
It was our favorite "haunted" house . She was never there.
Wonderful ' beautiful voice ! Thank you .....
Shortwave broadcast of 1935??? Incredible! My favorite here is the 'Liebe du Himmel auf Erden.' Powerful voice!
Very interesting. Sounds surprising good for a shortwave radio aircheck! Also, this is the first time I have ever heard Jeritza speaking! Many thanks for posting this, as always!
Delightful posting. Jeritza lived only a few blocks away from my friend, Christopher Collins Lee, concertmaster of the Reading Symphony Orchestra. We've driven by her former residence numerous times...which was near the former Tiffany Glass Co. factory, which is now an apartment complex.
Wonderful to have this hitherto unknown item in surprisingly good sound. Thank you so much for sharing this most enjoyable snatch from the past. The voice sounds in fine state after many years of singing heavy roles. Pity that so few of her commercial discs do her justice. Some idea of her youthful vocal allure can be garnered from her acoustic Odeons. What a singer!
Vivian
Merci pour ce document très intéressant Doug ...
Amitiés
Françoise
Thank you, Doug. It's lovely to listen to such historical moments.
MARIA JERITZA (October 6, 1887 - July 10, 1982) - Czech soprano. "The GOLDEN GIRL of opera's GOLDEN AGE." She created the title role in Ariande auf Nazos and was acclaimed as the great Salome of her time. She shocked Puccini by singing his dying arias lying flat on the stage.
Molto Bello!!! Thank you for sharing this video.
Thank you so much, dear Doug. So loved this
A broadcast to treasure. A golden voice and personality from the past. She still has the voice!
A pleasure... thank you!
Returned for a 2nd hearing! The Paganini aria is precious in the extreme. THANK you for sharing this remarkable broadcast.
Oh, agree, very much so... stunning she is... thank you, George!
fine music Mitzi
Thank you for this post.
Madame Jeritza was my neighbor throughout my entire childhood. She died when I was a teen. She was a lovely person in every way. Somehow the IMDB movie database picked up on this in my online bio. www.imdb.com/name/nm3834680/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
What a blast from the past this is! Love it. She still sounds good at this stage. Quite a listenable broadcast. Just a technical note. I am fairly certain that this was broadcast on 40 meters. 40 meters was given to the amateur radio community in America because it was considered unusable commercially, but in fact it worked quite well at night and is still used in Europe. That's about the only way this could have come through so clearly on shortwave.
Believe "I Love You Truly" was recorded by many, but Sophie Braslau is the only one who comes to mind. Jertiza was a gorgeous, glamorous beauty, who could also sing, as you note here especially in the Lehar. Many thanks, Nate!
@Randidan
Thank YOU!
A pleasure!
Best.
Doug --
Wonderful upload - thanks Doug:))
Confess I've never heard nor read these words to describe Jeritza, who was known for her beauty and glamour. Oh well.... thanks, Doug --
Hi Doug
Amazing - to hear a recording on 78 from a Shortwave broadcast in 1935 - what a stunner - the technology was so simple and yet worked so well.
Warm regards
Richard
Very good sound Doug. This is one of the better-sounding Magic Key programs and it's always fun to hear Milton Cross as well. Jeritza would have thrived in the era of DVD opera, Her records just don't convey the electricity she generated onstage.
Douglas, I LOVE ze OyROpean accent!!! ♥️ Now listening. And check out her glam get-up. Today’s woke activists need to take a cue from that pic. Love it. 👏🏻
Wonderful! The announcer :)
@eclecticdufus
Yes,while her studio recordings don't live up to her larger-than-life reputation, perhaps we get a real glimpse of her here. As always... thank YOU!
I have a 1939 Zenith Symphonic Short Wave Radio. It's nice to hear the music that would play on it, if it worked. I guess it needs a tube, but then someone said it would have to be rewired too. Anyway, this singer sounds better than the Sopranos I used to hear on the Edison Machine I once had. The 1920's were better than the 1910's in Sopranos perhaps. I don't know. I found this lady because some criminal on a crime show lived in her house in Newark, NJ, it said on the show. Interesting.
LoL!
Sorry, of course!
(admit to being s-l-o-w at times).
Cheers!
Doug --
Anyone else hear Melania Trump?
Very close sounding. Maria had a slav accent like Melania.. of course I'm talking about their speaking voices not operatic!
Czechoslovakia /Slovenian
Maria spoke german as her mother language. Brünn (Brno) was partly czech and german in her days and even had an german major in 1887. She went to german schools and institutes and was famous for her "Brünner-Deutsch" when she entered at the Hofoper in Vienna 1912. She had a wonderful viennese dialect and people like Korngold, Strauss, Reitz, Lehar and Kurt Weil loved to have conversations with her due to her authentic viennese dialect they all missed so much, when they had to leave europe for a long time due to hitler and the war...
She was bilingual in her youth and later in her life, as we all know, she became very fluent in english.