Eva Didur Explained
Eva Didur (born 1896), also known as Ewa Didur, was a Polish dramatic soprano singer.
Early life
Eva Didur was born in Poland,[1] the daughter of Polish singer Adamo Didur and his first wife, Mexican singer Angela Aranda Arellano. Her younger sisters were Mary Didur-Załuska (1905-1979) and Olga Didur-Wiktorowa (1900-1963), who were also professional singers.[2] Eva Didur studied voice with William Thorner[3] and Gina Ciaparelli-Viafora.[4]
Career
Didur had her concert debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1918,[5] a concert in which she "exhibited a fine, powerful powerful soprano and decided dramatic temperament."[6] [7] She sang at the Hippodrome with her father in December 1918.[8] She went on to Italy in 1919,[9] where she sang the part of Mimi in La bohème in Milan.[10] She was engaged to sing in Trieste during the 1919-1920 opera season.[11] [12] In 1921 she was back in Milan to sing the part of Marguerite in Mefistofele, under the direction of her godfather, Arturo Toscanini.[13]
Didur sang at many benefit events during World War I. In 1917 she performed at a concert with pianists Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Zygmunt Stojowski for the Polish Victims War Relief Fund.[14] She performed with her father at a benefit for the Russian Relief Fund at Carnegie Hall,[15] and at another benefit for the Polish Army Hospital in France, at Aeolian Hall, a few weeks later.[16] In the summer of 1918 she sang the Polish national anthem and other music at a "Polish Night" stadium concert in New York,[17] under the direction of Arnold Volpe,[18] and at a Red Cross benefit concert on Long Island.[19]
Personal life
As a young woman Eva Didur was close friends with silent film actress Dagmar Godowsky.
Notes and References
- https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18047224/eva_didur_1915/ "Ambitious to be as Great a Singer as Her Father"
- Paul Krzywicki, From Paderewski to Penderecki: The Polish Musician in Philadelphia (2016): 139.
- Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Rosa Ponselle: American Diva (UPNE 1997): 71.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=gNtFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA4-PA7 Untitled news item
- https://books.google.com/books?id=lG9FAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=PA141 "Eva Didur's Debut"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=2ChNAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=PA427 "Music"
- "Eva Didur Wins Throng" New York Times (March 11, 1918): 9. via ProQuest
- https://books.google.com/books?id=HO86AQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA24-PA33 "Mayo Wadler Delights Hippodrome Audience"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=KXNFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva%20Didur%20Music%20News&pg=RA1-PA70 "Eva Didur's Engagement in Italy"
- Simon Morrison, Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev (HMH 2013): 81-82.
- https://books.google.com/books?id=7SIqQHZL2_wC&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA4-PA8 "Eva Didur to Sing in Trieste"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=gNtFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA7-PA11 "Eva Didur Wins Triumphs in Trieste"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=0PM6AQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA16-PA20 Untitled news item
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1917/11/26/102379164.pdf "Raise $5000 for Poles"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=lG9FAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA2-PA67 "Other Sunday Benefits"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=lG9FAQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA16-PA17 "Another Charitable Concert"
- https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1918/06/30/98267712.pdf "'Polish Night' at Stadium Concert"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=HO86AQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=PA13 "New York Stadium Concerts"
- https://books.google.com/books?id=HO86AQAAMAAJ&dq=Eva+Didur&pg=RA3-PA34 "Red Cross Concert at Long Beach"
