Rena Pfiffer-Lax-Madsen – „Kobiecy Caruso”: zarys życia i twórczości

Abstract

Rena Pfiffer-Lax-Madsen was born in Horodenka in a family of Polish Jews. She took her first vocal training in Lviv, then vocal studies at the music academy in Vienna. After completing her examinations at the conservatory, she was a part of the German Opera in Düsseldorf. Later she became a primadonna of the Vienna Staatsoper, and then – the Vienna Volksoper. Rena Pfiffer-Lax also performed as a soloist at symphonic concerts of the Vienna Symphoniker ensemble. She often performed in Dresden, Lviv, Warsaw and Budapest. For some time she was also a primadonna of the Royal Opera in Sofia. Moreover, she sang at the court of the Bulgarian Tsar Boris III. In 1923 she was invited to Stanisławów to give a concert in the “Warsaw” cinema hall. She got married twice. Her beloved second husband, Egon Madsen was with Rena till her last days of life during the Nazis military occupation.