Fritzi Scheff (August , â€" April , ) was an American actress and
vocalist.Born Friederike Scheff in Vienna to Dr. Gottfried Scheff and
Anna Yeager, she studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and
made her début in Munich in the title röle of Martha ().In she
first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, singing
rôles in La Bohème, Die Meistersinger, Die Walküre, and Don
Giovanni. She sang in the Victor Herbert operetta Babette at
Washington, D.C. and New York ().Toward the end of the - season,
Scheff became ill and was replaced by her understudy Ida Hawley to
close out the remaining performances of Babette. Scheff had immense
success as Fifi in Mlle. Modiste (â€", ) and appeared also in The
Prima Donna (), The Mikado (), The Duchess (), and The Love Wager ().
From -, she appeared principally in vaudeville, returning in the
latter year to the musical opera stage in Glorianna. Among the rôles
she sang with the Fritzi Scheff Opera Company was that of Adele in
Johann Strauss operatta Die Fledermaus including at the Belasco
Theater in Washington, D.C. in .
vocalist.Born Friederike Scheff in Vienna to Dr. Gottfried Scheff and
Anna Yeager, she studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and
made her début in Munich in the title röle of Martha ().In she
first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, singing
rôles in La Bohème, Die Meistersinger, Die Walküre, and Don
Giovanni. She sang in the Victor Herbert operetta Babette at
Washington, D.C. and New York ().Toward the end of the - season,
Scheff became ill and was replaced by her understudy Ida Hawley to
close out the remaining performances of Babette. Scheff had immense
success as Fifi in Mlle. Modiste (â€", ) and appeared also in The
Prima Donna (), The Mikado (), The Duchess (), and The Love Wager ().
From -, she appeared principally in vaudeville, returning in the
latter year to the musical opera stage in Glorianna. Among the rôles
she sang with the Fritzi Scheff Opera Company was that of Adele in
Johann Strauss operatta Die Fledermaus including at the Belasco
Theater in Washington, D.C. in .
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