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2 unusual facts about Erna Sack


Erna Sack

She had some difficulty, however, when asked to sing at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, being asked to sing the roles of Rosina and Donizetti's Lucia in the Italian language, because she argued that she had not had sufficient time to re-learn those roles in their original language (throughout Europe at that time operas were largely sung in the tongue of the nation in which they were being performed).

In 1931, she sang Norina in Donizetti's Don Pasquale at Bielefeld, where her voice made a great impression and her gifts immediately recognised.


General Motors Concerts

The rotating line-up of leading name performers featured Björling, Donald Dickson, Helen Jepson, Maria Jeritza, Grace Moore, Erna Sack, Joseph Schmidt and Richard Tauber.


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