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Fritzi Massary
Fritzi Massary was an Austrian-American soprano.
Born 21 March 1882 in Austria as Friederike Massaryk, she was one of the leading singers in operetta in Berlin and Vienna. She was closely associated with Oscar Straus, creating roles in six of his operettas, notably Der Letzte Walzer in 1920.
Following the rise of the Nazis, she fled to London in 1933, where she was befriended by Sir Noel Coward and starred in his Operette in 1938. She then moved to California, where she died on 3 January 1969.
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