James Otto - Just Got Started Lovin You (Dream Come True)

TRNINA (Trnina) Milka (19 XII 1863, Vezišće, Moslavina - 18 V 1941, Zagreb) - Croatian (Yugoslavia) singer (dram. Soprano). She studied singing with I. Wimberger in Zagreb and J. Gensbacher at the Vienna Conservatory (1880-83). She made her debut in 1882 in Zagreb (Amelia, "Masquerade Ball"). She was a soloist in the opera houses of Graz (1883), Leipzig (1884-86), Bremen (1886-90) and Munich (1890-99; received the title of chamber chamber singer). At the same time. toured in Zagreb (1885, 1887, 1898), Washington (1894), London (1895, 1898, 1900), several US cities (including New York, at the Metropolitan Opera, where she regularly performed since 1899). She participated in Wagner festivals in Bayreuth (since 1899; performer of the Kundri party in Parsifal). She was the first performer in England and the USA of the parties of Tosca (London, 1900; New York, 1901), Kundri (New York, 1904). She had a strong voice of a wide range and a beautiful timbre, a bright stage. temperament, acting talent. Performed all the leading parts of the classic. repertoire; with the greatest success she performed in the operas of R. Wagner (all leading parties). Among other parties - Aida; Leonora (The Troubadour), Margarita; Selika (“African”), Askani (“Trojans” of Berlioz), Donna Anna. Gained fame and as conc. singer (songs by I. Brahms, romances of the chorus. composers). In 1913-41 she lived in Zagreb, taught at the Muses. academy.