Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa
Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa (1875–1955) was a Polish soprano and opera director, the world's first female opera house director.[1]
Life
[edit]Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa was born in Warsaw on 3 January 1875 or 22 December 1876, the daughter of Piotr Korolewicz, an official, and Ewa née Teraszkiewicz. She trained under Walery Wysocki at the Lviv Conservatory.[2]
Aged 17,Korolewicz-Waydowa made her debut as Hanna in The Haunted Manor. She sang with the Warsaw Opera from 1898 to 1902, before joining the Berlin Opera. For a season she was at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon, and then the Royal Opera in Madrid. She continued performing internationally – in Venice, Bucharest, Odesa, Kyiv, St. Petersburg, Kharkiv, London, New York and Chicago – until 1913, when she returned to Warsaw. She managed the Warsaw Opera from 1917 to 1919 and 1934 to 1936.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Anne Commire; Deborah Klezmer, eds. (2006). "Korolewicz-Waydowa, Janina (1875–1955)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Retrieved 1 March 2023 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Janina Korolewicz-Waydowa". Encyclopedia Teatru Polskiego. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
