Ada Soder-Hueck

Ada Soder-Hueck (1874 – January 8, 1936) was a European-born American contralto singer and voice teacher.

She studied piano as a child,[3][4] and later voice with contralto Marianne Brandt in Berlin and Vienna.

[6] Soder-Hueck, a dramatic contralto[7] of "remarkable vocal quality",[8] sang with the Vienna Opera.

[1] Soder-Hueck taught voice according to the Manuel Garcia method,[12] from a studio in the Metropolitan Opera House building,[13] from 1910 until her death in 1936.

[15] Her students included several working vocalists,[16][17] some of whom were church soloists, radio performers,[18] touring concert singers,[19][20][21] and a cantor.