Sara Cahier

Signed portrait of Cahier

Sara Charles-Cahier or Madame Charles Cahier (born Sara Layton Walker; 8 January 1870 – 15 April 1951)[1] was an American-born Swedish mezzo-soprano or contralto singer in opera and lieder, singing primarily in Europe.[2] The American-born Cahier later acquired Swedish citizenship. She was associated with Gustav Mahler, and was one of the soloists in the posthumous premiere of his Das Lied von der Erde in 1911. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and was a teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Her students included Marian Anderson.

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  2. ^ Mason, Daniel Gregory (1917). The Art of Music: A dictionary-index of musicians. New York: National Society of Music. pp. 75.