Vintage unsigned Tschiedel-Setzer postcard photograph of the great Austrian operatic soprano known for her brilliant coloratura technique. 3.25 x 5.25 inches (9 x 14 cm.). and in very fine condition.

The Austrian soprano was widely celebrated for her coloratura technique and her musicality. Like Mahler, Kurz was born into a large and poor rural Jewish family, and perhaps as a result of their similar backgrounds, she and Mahler clearly shared a strong affinity. In fact, they actually had a short-lived but passionate love affair right around the time of this performance, only to mutually abandon it several months later because the Vienna Opera strictly prohibited members from marrying each other and neither one of them was willing to give up their promising artistic career. Kurz was destined to be one of Mahler’s last lovers; he became engaged to the young Alma Schindler in December 1901, and they married three months later.