Antonie Link by Krziwanek

Antonie Link as Wladimir Dimitrowitsch Samoiloff, (Lieutenant of a Circassian Cavalry Regiment)
in Fatinitza by Franz von Suppé. CREATOR ROLE


ANTONIE LINK
(14 Feb 1855-21 May 1931)
Hungarian Mezzo Soprano
She attended the Conservatory of Budapest . Studied voice with Mme Laroche in Vienna and was in the chorus at the Court opera and sang some small roles.She was hired as an operetta singer by the Director of Vienna's Carl-theatre .She performed together with the great diva Marie Geistinger in Offenbach's "Beautiful Helena" as Ganymede. She appeared in the operetta "Fatinitza" (01/05/1876) and "Boccaccio" (02.01.1879 namely in the title role, which was later sung by a tenor) with. On 03.01.1877 she performed in the premiere of Johann Strauss operetta on "Prince Methuselah". In 1874 she created at the Carl-Theater in Vienna, the operetta "La fille de Madame Angot" by Lecocq.