Eva Didur

Eva Didur (born 1896), also known as Ewa Didur, was a Polish dramatic soprano singer.

Eva Didur, from a 1919 publication.

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
G.U. Ferrili, C.G. Strakhov, John Brown, Eva Didur, Enrico Caruso, Olga Didur and William Thorner in 1915, at the Metropolitan Opera

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.[10]

References
  1. "Ambitious to be as Great a Singer as Her Father" Indianapolis News (October 28, 1915): 19. via Newspapers.com
  2. Paul Krzywicki, From Paderewski to Penderecki: The Polish Musician in Philadelphia (2016): 139. ISBN 9781483442679
  3. Mary Jane Phillips-Matz, Rosa Ponselle: American Diva (UPNE 1997): 71. ISBN 9781555533175
  4. Untitled news item, Musical America (November 29, 1919): 11.
  5. "Eva Didur's Debut" Music News (April 12, 1918): 19.
  6. "Music" The New International Year Book (1919): 427.
  7. "Eva Didur Wins Throng" New York Times (March 11, 1918): 9. via ProQuest
  8. "Mayo Wadler Delights Hippodrome Audience" Musical Courier (December 1918): 33.
  9. "Eva Didur's Engagement in Italy" Music News (February 14, 1919): 30.
  10. Simon Morrison, Lina and Serge: The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev (HMH 2013): 81-82. ISBN 9780547844138
  11. "Eva Didur to Sing in Trieste" Musical Courier (July 31, 1919): 8.
  12. "Eva Didur Wins Triumphs in Trieste" Musical America (December 20, 1919): 11.
  13. Untitled news item, Musical Courier (November 24, 1921): 20.
  14. "Raise $5000 for Poles" New York Times (November 26, 1917).
  15. "Other Sunday Benefits" Music News (May 31, 1918): 25.
  16. "Another Charitable Concert" Music News (June 7, 1918): 17.
  17. "'Polish Night' at Stadium Concert" New York Times (June 30, 1918).
  18. "New York Stadium Concerts" Musical Courier (July 4, 1918): 13.
  19. "Red Cross Concert at Long Beach" Musical Courier (July 25, 1918): 34.
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