Maria Ivogün

Three years later, in 1916, she sang the role of Zerbinetta in the re-worked version of Ariadne auf Naxos in Vienna at the express wish of the composer Richard Strauss.

In the same year she replaced an indisposed singer as Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute, a role for which Maria Ivogün became very highly regarded and with which she laid the foundation of her success.

By 1916 Ivogün was reckoned among the best female singers in Europe and had roles in operas such as Fidelio (Marzelline), Così fan tutte, The Marriage of Figaro and many others.

In the same year she sang the boy-role of Ighino in the original production of Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina opposite the tenor Karl Erb in the title-role, whom she married in 1921.

[citation needed] Today, Maria Ivogün is considered to have been one of the best and most distinguished female opera singers of the twentieth century.

Maria Ivogün worked as the teacher and mentor of many distinguished female singers of opera and entertainment music.