[3] Moving to Germany, she studied with Arthur Nikisch at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig and later with Désirée Artôt at the Conservatoire de Paris,[3] where she began her association with conductor Anton Seidl.

[3] After that she traveled back to Berlin where she studied for two more years, adding about thirty other operas to her repertoire.

[4] In 1890, Kronold married with Dutch-born violinist Jan Koert, but divorced him ten years later due to their conflicting professional careers.

She retired from the stage life in 1904, shortly after engaging herself in charity work, helping thus found and establish the Catholic Oratorio Society of New York in order to bring understanding and promote oratorios in their religious ideal.

[6] She died of pneumonia on 9 October 1920 and was buried at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery, in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, US.