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- Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano.
- Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano.
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
German-born opera soprano (1915–2006)
Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE (German:[eˌliːzabɛtˈʃvaʁt͡skɔp͡f]ⓘ; 9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano. She was among the foremost singers of lieder, and is renowned for her performances of Viennese operetta, as well as the operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss.[1][2] After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher internationally. She is considered one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century.[3]
Early life
Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia, Germany (now in Poland), to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth (née Fröhlich). Schwarzkopf performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Gluck'sOrfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany. In 1934, Schwarzkopf began her musical studies at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, where her singing tutor, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, attempted to train
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Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
During an international singing career that stretched from the 1940s into the 1970s, German singer Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (born 1915) was one of the most celebrated sopranos of all time. In the 1950s and 1960s, she was a fixture on the worldwide opera circuit, performing regularly in the great concert halls of Europe and the United States and making immortal recordings of many important operas and German lieder. Her delivery of some of operas classic roles, particularly the Marschallin inDer Rosenkavalier,set the standard for generations of sopranos to come. While her stature as one of the great singers of her time is secure, Schwarzkopf's activities in Germany during the Nazi era have cast a shadow of scandal on her otherwise sterling career.
Olga Maria Elisabeth Frederike Schwarzkopf was born on December 9, 1915, in Jarocin, Poland to German parents, Friedrich Schwarzkopf and Elisabeth Fröhling. Like so many musical superstars, her drive and talent were obvious from an early age. Her first opera performance, at the age of 12, was in the ro
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dame Elisabeth SchwarzkopfDBE (9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in Prussia - 3 August 2006 in Schruns, Austria) was a German-Britishsoprano. She was one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century as well as a famous recitalist. She was particularly known for singing the music of Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, and Wolf.
Early life
[change | change source]Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was born in Jarotschin in the province of Posen in Prussia. Schwarzkopf showed an interest in music from an early age. She first sang in an opera in 1928, when she took the part of Eurydice in a school production of Gluck'sOrfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany. In 1934, Schwarzkopf started to study in Berlin Hochschule für Musik, then she changed teachers and started working with the coloraturasoprano Maria Ivogün as well as with Ivogün's husband, the pianist Michael Raucheisen.
Early career
[change | change source]Schwarzkopf gave her first professional performance at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on 15 April 1938, as the Second Flower Maiden (First Group) in Act II
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