17 Facts About Johanna Gadski

Johanna Emilia Agnes Gadski was a German dramatic soprano.

Johanna Gadski had a secure, powerful, ringing voice, fine musicianship and an excellent technique.

Johanna Gadski then appeared in the opera houses of Bremen and Mainz.

In 1894, Walter Damrosch organized his opera company in New York and engaged Gadski for leading roles.

Johanna Gadski was constantly developing as a singer of Wagner roles, notably Brunhilde in Der Ring des Nibelungen and Isolde in Tristan und Isolde.

Johanna Gadski sang at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York until 1917, when the notoriety caused by the suspicious activities of her husband, Captain Hans Tauscher, American agent for large German weapon manufacturers, forced her to resign.

Hans Tauscher met Johanna Gadski after attending one of her performances, and they married on November 20,1892, in Berlin, Germany.

However, it was in English-speaking countries that Johanna Gadski built her international reputation as a diva.

Johanna Gadski made her successful American debut in New York in 1895 with the Damrosch Opera Company and became popular, too, in England.

Johanna Gadski sang in London at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1899,1900,1901 and 1906.

Johanna Gadski was an extremely popular recitalist and in 1899 and 1900, she embarked on a lengthy concert tour of the United States.

Johanna Gadski had joined the star-studded roster of singers at the New York Metropolitan Opera, singing there from 1898 to 1904 and again from 1907 to 1917.

Johanna Gadski was indicted with Franz von Papen but acquitted by a federal jury.

Johanna Gadski resumed her professional concert career in the United States in 1921; she did not return to the operatic stage until 1928 when she sang in a production of Die Walkure mounted by the Washington National Opera, a semi-professional company not related to its present namesake.

Johanna Gadski was visiting Germany when she was killed in an automobile accident in Berlin on 22 February 1932.

Johanna Gadski had a beautiful voice in her prime, with ringing high notes and a remarkably nimble technique for such a large vocal instrument.

Johanna Gadski made numerous recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States from 1903 to 1917.