Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Born: 9th December 1915, Jarocin, Poland
Died: 3rd August 2006, Schruns, Austria
Nationality: Austrian
Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth (1915-2006), German lyric soprano. After studying music in Berlin she was trained by Maria Ivogün. After World War II she gained a reputation for subtlety and versatility in recitals, oratorios, and opera. She performed with the Vienna Opera and at Covent Garden, London, and La Scala, Milan, and made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1963. She is especially known for her roles in operas by Mozart and Richard Strauss and for her lieder singing, most notably her interpretations of Hugo Wolf. In 1951, Schwarzkopf sang the leading role in the premiere of The Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Joan Sutherland (Donna Anna), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Donna Elvira), Eberhard Wächter (Don Giovanni), Giuseppe Taddei (Leporello), Gottlob Frick (Il Commendatore), Luigi Alva (Don Ottavio), Piero Cappuccilli (Masetto), Graziella Sciutti (Zerlina), Heinrich Schmidt (harpsichord) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Carlo Maria Giulini
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, July 2018, Also recommended
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 | Live at Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Germany, 7/29/1951
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (alto), Hans Hopf (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass), Festspielorchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2022, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Historical
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Building a Library, December 2022, Historic Recording
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Klemperer conducts Brahms | Symphonies - Overtures - Requiem
Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), David Oistrakh (violin), Ralph Downes, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Historical
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte
Nicolai Gedda (Tamino), Gundula Janowitz (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Lucia Popp (Königin der Nacht), Gottlob Frick (Sarastro), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Marga Höffgen (Drei Damen), Ruth-Margret Pütz (Papagena), Gerhard Unger (Monostatos), Karl Liebl, Franz Crass (Zwei Geharnischten), Agnes Giebel, Anna Reynolds & Josephine Veasey (Drei Knaben), Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Otto Klemperer
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