Mária von Ilosvay (8 May 1913 – 16 June 1987)[1] was a Hungarian contralto renowned for her performances of the role of Erda in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen.
She studied in Budapest and Vienna, where her teachers included Laura Hilgermann, Felicie Kashovska and Mária Budanovits [eo; hu].
[2] In 1940, she joined the Hamburg company, while appearing as a guest artist in Vienna, Brussels, Amsterdam, and Salzburg.
[4] Among her other recordings of opera excerpts on two 10-inch LPs are arias from La finta semplice, La Betulia Liberata, Il trovatore, Don Carlos, Mignon and Carmen.
She may also be heard in Verdi's Requiem, recorded in 1955 under Paul van Kempen.