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Majesty's Theatre and Covent Garden) to give glittering performances. During the years 1878/87 she performed mainly in North America with the Mapleson Opera Company, that undertook extensive tours through the USA. There was a great rivalry between Etelka Gerster and Adelina Patti and the American public took fully part in this battle. Gerster lost her voice soon after her first child was born. In 1889 she returned to Berlin and opened a singing school, which gained general acceptance and where she taught until 1917.
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voice of exquisite beauty and was an artist of extraordinary vocal and dramatic genius.
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