Orgeni, Anna Maria Aglaja

1843-

Soprano singer, whose real name is Gorger Saint Jorgen. Born at Tismenice, Sambor, in Galicia, a province of Austria. She studied under Madame Viardot-Garcia at Baden-Baden, and in 1865 and 1866 played at the Court Opera in Berlin, where she made her debut as Amina. In 1866 she made her London debut at Covent Garden as Violetta in La Traviata, and after singing in concerts there went to Vienna. She sang at Berlin, Leipsic and elsewhere, revisited London in 1870 and 1881, and since 1886 has taught singing at the Dresden Conservatory.