Opera Star, Former Faculty Artist Dies
Born in Austria, Glaz made her operatic debut at 19, singing Erda in Richard Wagner’s “Das Rheingold.” She toured Europe and the United States before making the decision to relocate permanently to America on March 13, 1937 – the day Hitler invaded her home country.
After engagements with the operas of Chicago and San Francisco, Glaz debuted on the Metropolitan Opera stage on Christmas Day in 1942 as Amneris in Verdi’s “Aïda.” In her 14 seasons with the Met, she sang roles in “Le Nozze di Figaro,” “Der Rosenkavalier” and “Die Walküre” before finishing her tenure as Magdalene in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.” By the end of her time at the Met, she had sung 25 roles.
Glaz came to USC when she and her husband moved to Los Angeles in 1977, and she served as an adjunct faculty member until her retirement in 1994. While at USC she cemented her relationship with Gwendolyn Koldofsky, founder of the USC Thornton keyboard collaborative arts department and one of the nation’s preeminent accompanists.
Prior to her time at USC, Glaz taught at the Manhattan School of Music and founded the New Haven Opera Society, which later became the New Haven Opera Theater. Her students have appeared with leading opera companies and philharmonics around the world.
Glaz is survived by a stepson, Peter Redlich of Connecticut, and a grandson, Christopher Redlich, of California.
Contributions in her memory can be made to the Herta Glaz Endowed Scholarship for Voice at the USC Thornton School of Music.
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