Opera Singer. A soprano, she is remembered as a leading soubrette of Viennese operetta during the early 20th century. Born at Varnsdorf in what was then Bohemia, she made her 1897 professional bow at Hermannstadt (now, Sibiu, Romania) then scored her first major success with 1901 Vienna performances of Sidney Jones' "The Geisha". Mizzi was to become popular throughout Europe and was to sing the title leads in at least two significant Vienna world premieres, those of Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow" on December 30, 1905, and Leo Fall's "The Dollar Princess" on November 2, 1907, in both cases appearing opposite Louis Treumann with the composer on the podium. Mizzi was to sing "The Merry Widow" about a thousand times and was also to earn praise as Rosalinde in Johann Strauss II's "Die Feldermaus" as well as in the leads of Franz von Suppe's "Boccaccio", Lehar's "Eva", Emerich Kalman's "The Gypsy Princess", and other works. She kept her voice into advanced years, being heard at the Vienna State Opera as late as 1952, and was Honorary President of the Vienna Lehar Society. Much of her recorded legacy including creator discs of "The Merry Widow" has been preserved.
Opera Singer. A soprano, she is remembered as a leading soubrette of Viennese operetta during the early 20th century. Born at Varnsdorf in what was then Bohemia, she made her 1897 professional bow at Hermannstadt (now, Sibiu, Romania) then scored her first major success with 1901 Vienna performances of Sidney Jones' "The Geisha". Mizzi was to become popular throughout Europe and was to sing the title leads in at least two significant Vienna world premieres, those of Franz Lehar's "The Merry Widow" on December 30, 1905, and Leo Fall's "The Dollar Princess" on November 2, 1907, in both cases appearing opposite Louis Treumann with the composer on the podium. Mizzi was to sing "The Merry Widow" about a thousand times and was also to earn praise as Rosalinde in Johann Strauss II's "Die Feldermaus" as well as in the leads of Franz von Suppe's "Boccaccio", Lehar's "Eva", Emerich Kalman's "The Gypsy Princess", and other works. She kept her voice into advanced years, being heard at the Vienna State Opera as late as 1952, and was Honorary President of the Vienna Lehar Society. Much of her recorded legacy including creator discs of "The Merry Widow" has been preserved.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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