Selma Kronold
Selma Kronold (18 August 1861 — 9 October 1920) was an American operatic soprano and pianist. Her repertoire included more than forty-five operas in three different languages. She took part in the musicals The Magic Melody, or Fortunnio's Song and At the Lower Harbor. Life and career Selma Kronold, was born in Kraków to a family with Jewish roots. Her father was Adolph Kronold, her mother was Louise (Hirschberg) Kronold, and she was the sister of cellist Hans Kronold (1872–1922); and a cousin of Polish pianist and composer Moritz Moszkowski. She received her initial training in a convent, according to her own account, where she was also taught her first piano lessons. Moving to Germany, she studied with Arthur Nikisch at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig and later with Désirée Artôt at the Conservatoire de Paris, where she began her association with conductor Anton Seidl. She subsequently engaged with impresario Angelo Neumann's Wagner Opera Company between 1882 and 1883, when she apparently moved to the United States around 1885, joining the Metropolitan Opera Company. After that she traveled back to Berlin where she studied for two more years, adding about thirty other operas to her repertoire. In 1890, Kronold married