Mariska Aldrich (née Horvath, March , â€" September , ) was an
American dramatic soprano singer and actress. She was born in Boston,
Massachusetts. She was a pupil of Alfred Giraudet (â€") and George
Henschel. She debuted at the Manhattan Opera House in , as the Page in
Les Huguenots. She sang with the Manhattan Opera House from to . She
was committed to the Metropolitan Opera in â€", where she performed
the roles of Azucena in Il trovatore, Fricka in Das Rheingold, Lola in
Cavalleria Rusticana, Naoia in Frederick Converse's Iolan, Or, the
Pipe of Desire, and Venus in Tannhäuser, Her voice changed from
contralto to dramatic soprano while she was in Europe. She sang the
part of Brunnhilde in Bayreuth in . She married J. Frank Aldrich on
April , . She died in .Mariska played a gloomy stiff zombie Igor-like
woman called Hilda in Whistling in the Dark starring Red Skelton. Cult
killers kidnap a radio sleuth (Red)and two girlfriends (Ann
Rutherford, Virginia Grey) and force him to outline a perfect murder.
Conrad Veidt played the cult leader con whose parting lie was "I leave
you in radiant contemplation." Director S. Sylvan Simon â€" Described
as Suspense/Comedy. hour minutes Turner Classic Movies
American dramatic soprano singer and actress. She was born in Boston,
Massachusetts. She was a pupil of Alfred Giraudet (â€") and George
Henschel. She debuted at the Manhattan Opera House in , as the Page in
Les Huguenots. She sang with the Manhattan Opera House from to . She
was committed to the Metropolitan Opera in â€", where she performed
the roles of Azucena in Il trovatore, Fricka in Das Rheingold, Lola in
Cavalleria Rusticana, Naoia in Frederick Converse's Iolan, Or, the
Pipe of Desire, and Venus in Tannhäuser, Her voice changed from
contralto to dramatic soprano while she was in Europe. She sang the
part of Brunnhilde in Bayreuth in . She married J. Frank Aldrich on
April , . She died in .Mariska played a gloomy stiff zombie Igor-like
woman called Hilda in Whistling in the Dark starring Red Skelton. Cult
killers kidnap a radio sleuth (Red)and two girlfriends (Ann
Rutherford, Virginia Grey) and force him to outline a perfect murder.
Conrad Veidt played the cult leader con whose parting lie was "I leave
you in radiant contemplation." Director S. Sylvan Simon â€" Described
as Suspense/Comedy. hour minutes Turner Classic Movies
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