Where is the permanent home of the Opera Comapny Edytha Fleischer began her career as the principal artist for?
Edytha Fleischer Edytha Fleischer (sometimes spelled Editha, Edyta, or Edita Fleischer-Engel) (5 April 1898, Falkenstein - c. 1957, Zürich) was a German soprano and voice teacher. She began her career as a principal artist at the Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival. She was a leading soprano at the Metropolitan Opera from 1926-1936, and at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires from 1934 until her retirement from the stage in 1949. Her husband, conductor Erich Engel, was the director of the latter institution.
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