Krauss, Marie Gabrielle
(1842–1906)> SOPRANO
Krauss, Marie Gabrielle (24 March 1842, Vienna; 6 January 1906, Paris), soprano, studied at the Conservatorium in Vienna and was one of Mme Marchesi’s favorite pupils. She was invited to join the Imperial Opera in her native city, and she made her theatrical debut there as a soprano on 20 July 1860 as Mathilde in Guillaume Tell. She was greeted with so much enthusiasm in the large number of roles that she sang during her first months at the Vienna opera house that M. Bagier asked her to perform…