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Stader was highly praised for her fine, if not very powerful, voice. She nearly always performed operatic roles in the recording studio and seldom, if ever, on stage because of her small stature – she was about 1.44 metres (4 ft 9 in) tall. She preferred the concert repertory, but, "even in
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to recuperate for three months after being diagnosed with malnutrition. There, Maria's foster parents requested she stay for a full nine months. However, once in
Budapest again, Maria fell seriously ill and it was also determined she would need her tonsils operated on. Her foster parents arranged for
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Her concert tours had taken her around the world. Besides Europe and
America, she sang in Japan, South Africa, and South America. Stader sang in various festivals, including the
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and her husband. Geyer herself was born in
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in 1939, but although she "seemed poised for major stardom... her career was delayed by the outbreak of World War II", according to
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concert, she frequently had to stand on a platform or box in order to be seen properly by the audience", according to
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1956 – Silver Mozart Medal of the
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