Miliza Korjus; “G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald“; (Sung in English) Johann Strauss II

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ================ Miliza Korjus--soprano Nat Finston---conductor MGM Orchestra 1938 ================== “Miliza Elizabeth Korjus [militsa] (August 18, 1909(?) – August 26, 1980) was a Polish-Estonian coloratura soprano opera singer, who later appeared in Hollywood films during the Golden Age and in Mexican films during the Golden Age too. Korjus became a naturalized United States citizen in her adulthood. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1938 for her performance in The Great Waltz. Korjus was born in Warsaw, Poland (then part of the Russian Empire), the daughter of Anna (née Gintowt) and Artur Korjus, an Estonian lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Russian Army and later chief of staff to the war minister of independent Estonia. Her mother was descended from the Lithuanian-Polish nobility. Korjus’ birth year has been reported as uncertain, an