Miliza Korjus und Johannes Müller mit das Berliner Funk-Orchester : Varationen

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
  • Varartionen op.164
    (Deh torno mio bene)
    (Heinrich Proch)
    Miliza Korjus, Virtuosin des Koloraturgesanges,
    und
    das Berliner Funk- Orchester - Dirigent Johannes Müller.
    Electrola E.H. 860 - 621071 (30 cm)
    Berlin, 1934.
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    Miliza Elizabeth Korjus (August 18, 1909(?) - August 26, 1980) was a Polish-Estonian lyric coloratura soprano opera singer who appeared in classical American and Mexican sound films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Korjus became a naturalized United States citizen in her adulthood. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1938 for her performance in The Great Waltz.
    Early life
    Korjus was born in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the former Russian Empire), the daughter of Anna (née Gintowt) and Artur Korjus, an Estonian lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army and later chief of staff to the war minister of independent Estonia. Her mother was descended from the Lithuanian-Polish nobility. Korjus' birth year has been reported as uncertain, and ranges from 1900 to 1909 according to various sources. Her daughter, Melissa Wells, claims the year was 1909 and that her mother knew such. Korjus was born in Warsaw during her father's military posting there. Later, the family moved to Moscow. Korjus was the fifth of six children; she had a brother and four sisters. Her mother and father separated sometime between 1912 and the Russian Revolution of 1917 - and in 1918, she moved from Moscow to Kyiv with her mother and sisters, where she began her musical training.
    Career
    As a teenager, Korjus toured the Soviet Union with a dumka choir. In 1927, while performing in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad), she managed to clandestinely cross the international border into Estonia, where she was reunited with her father. She then began touring the Baltic countries and Germany, and in 1929, married Kuno Foelsch (1894-1965), a physicist. Korjus continued her concert career as a soprano in Germany and was eventually engaged by the Berlin State Opera in 1933. Her operatic appearances and recordings quickly propelled her to the forefront of European singers and earned her the nicknames "The Berlin Nightingale" and "Gorgeous Korjus". Irving Thalberg, head of production at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, heard her recordings and signed her to a ten-year film contract, sight unseen. She arrived with her husband and daughter in the U.S. in March 1936. She studied singing with Estelle Liebling in New York City.
    Her sole film for MGM was The Great Waltz (1938), which Frank Nugent of The New York Times called "a showcase for Miliza Korjus" while also noting her resemblance to Mae West. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. Korjus was scheduled to star in a film version of the novel Sandor Rozsa in 1940, but an automobile accident caused her leg to be crushed, and although she avoided amputation, she required extensive recuperation, causing the film to be canceled. Her contract with MGM was subsequently terminated.
    By 1941, she had healed well enough to begin a tour of Latin America. During the tour, the United States became involved in World War II, and she decided to stay in Mexico for the duration. While living there, she made the Spanish-language film Caballería del Imperio. In 1944, Korjus returned to the United States, where she performed at Carnegie Hall. She toured the country for several more years, eventually settling in Los Angeles, California. She later founded Venus Records to release many of her earlier recordings.
    Personal life
    In 1952, she married Walter Shector (1925-1973), a Canadian-born physician, and retired from the concert stage, preferring to concentrate on making records. She died of heart failure in 1980 at Culver City, California. She was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. She was survived by her two sons, Ernest (born 1943) and Richard (born 1946) and her daughter Melissa Foelsch (later Melissa Wells). Her daughter was born in Estonia in 1932, and served, for more than forty years, as a career officer of the U.S. foreign service. Wells served as U.S. ambassador to Estonia from 1998 to 2001.
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Комментарии • 11

  • @hrbooksmusic7878
    @hrbooksmusic7878 29 дней назад +1

    Bei Miliza Korjus weiß man, was man erwarten darf: eine schöne Stimme und gepflegten Gesang, dazu perlende Koloraturen… Sehr ansprechend und sehr gut gelungen… 🌹🌹🌹
    Vielen Dank fürs Einstellen, lieber Daniel! 🙏🍀

    • @parlophonman
      @parlophonman  24 дня назад +1

      Diese Schallplatte war meine erste Begegnung mit Miliza Korjus schönen und beeindruckenden Stimme, leider ist sie heute in Vergessenheit geraten.
      Vielen Dank für Dein Kommentar Lieber Harriet, und ich wünsche dir einen schönen sonnigen Sonntag !

    • @hrbooksmusic7878
      @hrbooksmusic7878 23 дня назад

      @@parlophonman
      Ja, ist es nicht traurig, an wie viele großartige Sänger man sich heute kaum noch erinnert? Es sind immer dieselben, die pauschal von allen gefeiert werden. Viele Musikinteressierte schauen nicht mehr über den Tellerrand des Jetzt oder der „offiziellen Top-Ten“ von einst hinaus. Das ist so schade!
      Ich wünsche Die einen wunderschönen Sonntag, lieber Daniel! 🌞🌞🌞

  • @1920sfan1
    @1920sfan1 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you so much for your outstanding notes about this amazing coloratura soprano! She had an exceptional and versatile career. This recording is even more fascinating since it features a virtuosic composition by the - sadly - largely forgotten Bohemian composer Heinrich Proch. Thank you so much for sharing this sparkling, very demanding performance!

    • @parlophonman
      @parlophonman  24 дня назад

      A beautiful woman with an incredibly beautiful voice who is unfortunately hardly remembered...
      Thank you as always for your kind comment !

    • @1920sfan1
      @1920sfan1 22 дня назад

      @@parlophonman Anytime my friend and such a pity indeed she so poorly remembered today.

  • @myfascinations
    @myfascinations Месяц назад

    What a voice! What a talent!
    The beautiful recording. The beautiful Lady.
    Thank you, dear Daniel. Dziękuję.
    // Sorry, my comments are disappearing//;

    • @parlophonman
      @parlophonman  Месяц назад

      Thank you for appreciating this beautiful voice, dear Gabi, could you follow the lyrics of this song because you speak Italian? Greetings and best wishes!

    • @myfascinations
      @myfascinations Месяц назад +1

      @@parlophonman
      It`s difficult for me because I am catching few words but - I found the Italian lyrics + Google Translator and =
      the English lyrics of the song:
      " Oh, come back my love
      My tender love
      Give a break to the pains
      Of my poor heart
      For you this heart
      No longer has peace
      Only with you my love
      Blessed will it be...."
      ..My Dear Daniel - that is as always - love, love and sometimes.. pain..
      I think..
      Greetings to You! Thank you!

    • @parlophonman
      @parlophonman  24 дня назад +1

      @@myfascinations The lyrics are truly beautiful. Dear Gabi, thank you for taking the time to translate them.!
      ( and there is no love without tears ...)

    • @myfascinations
      @myfascinations 24 дня назад +1

      @@parlophonman Oh, it was a pleasure for me, Dear Daniel, but it isn`t my merit. I have found (only) the Italian lyrics. You know.
      I am glad that You like these words..
      My greetings to You, too!