Mária Basilides

Basilides Mária (Hungarian) or Mária Basilides (11 November 1886 – 26 September 1946) was a Hungarian contralto singer.^[1][2][3]

Mária Basilides
Basilides, c. 1920
Background information
Birth name	Basilides Mária Viola Matild
Born	(1886-11-11)November 11, 1886 Jelšava, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died	September 26, 1946(1946-09-26) (aged 59) Budapest, Hungarian Republic
Genres	Opera oratorio art song
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Voice (contralto)
Years active	1911–1946
Spouse	István Péterfi (married 1913)

She was born in Jelšava on 11 November 1886, and studied at the Budapest Academy of Music.She married music critic Péterfi István  [hu].^[1]

Engagement photograph of Basiilides and Péterfi, 1912 or 1913

She died in Budapest on 26 September 1946^[3] and is buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.

Basilides' tomb in Budapest