Anni Konetzni
Anny Konetzni (sometimes given as Anni Konetzni), also known by her married name Anny Konetzni-Wiedmann, (born Anny Konerczny, 12 February 1902 – 6 September 1968) was an Austrian soprano. She began her career as a contralto at the Vienna Volksoper in 1925 but rapidly shifted into a career as a dramatic soprano at the Staatstheater Augsburg and the Opernhaus Wuppertal. She was a member of first the Berlin State Opera from 1931 to 1934, and then the Vienna State Opera from 1933 until her retirement in 1955.
Konetzni sang as a guest artist at numerous organizations internationally, including the Paris Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, the Salzburg Festival, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 1950 her performance of the title role of Richard Strauss's Elektra at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino was recorded in what was the first complete recording of the opera. She taught on the voice faculty of the Vienna Music Academy from 1954 to 1957, but abandoned teaching due to ill health. Her sister was the opera singer Hilde Konetzni. She was married to the Viennese physician and academic Albert Wiedmann.
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