Hulda Lashanska

American soprano, born 15 March 1893 in New York City and died in January 1974 in New York City. Hulda Lashanska possesses that rare gift, a pure lyric soprano voice, developed to the utmost fluency by coloratura training. She is an American, born in New York City, and reared among surroundings conducive to her artistic development. At eighteen she was a pianist of enviable powers. Then her voice was discovered. She studied with Frieda Ashforth and with Marcella Sembrich. She has appeared with practically every symphony organisation of importance in the United States since her début in New York under Walter Damrosch. She sings with rare evenness, self-possession, and with extraordinary beauty of tone,