Elena Nikolaidi (1909 - 2002)
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| At the age of 15 she won a scholarship to study at the Conservatory in Athens, making her formal debut at a concert there conducted by Mitropoulos who at the time was conductor of their orchestra. The premiere of Theophrastos Sakellaridis' The Ghost Bridge marked the occasion of her first stage performance, after which she began singing the roles for which she was most famous including Carmen, Dalila and Amneris. A scholarship enabled her to go to Vienna where she attracted the attention of Bruno Walter, making her State Opera debut as Eboli in Don Carlo in 1936. |
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