Marie Rappold

[2] She appeared on stage in London at the age of five before moving with her parents to Brooklyn, New York, where she later studied with Oscar Saenger and sang with the Amberg German Opera Company.

[4] On 22 November 1905, Rappold made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Sulamith in Karl Goldmark's Die Königin von Saba (The Queen of Sheba, 1875).

1920), the first such "comparison test" took place at Carnegie Hall on April 28, 1916, with Rappold providing the live vocal performance.

On September 20, 1922, she and the members of the San Carlo Opera Company gave a presentation of "Aida" over radio station WJZ, then in Newark, New Jersey.

[5] In June 1925, Rappold played the female lead in the premiere of Frank Patterson's opera The Echo with tenor Forrest Lamont (1881–1937).

Marie Rappold in 1916
Marie Rappold while at the Metropolitan Opera (before 1920)