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German mezzo-soprano (1928-2021)

Person · Open Library

Works
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  • Ḳontserṭ meyuḥad
  • Jonas Weg ins Lesen 02. Bingo und der Batzen Dreck
  • Fluchtballon
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  • Operatic recital

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Acting · Berlin, Germany

Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and sometime dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symphonic literature. Her performing career spanned almost half a century, from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. She sang at many international opera houses…

Known for

  • Eine Stadt als Bühne - 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele — self2020
  • Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro — Self - Opera Singer2019
  • Erlesen — self2010
  • Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen — Self2009
  • Karajan: Beauty As I See It — Self2008
  • Karajan - Beethoven: The Symphonies — Self2008
  • Mozart Requiem — Self - Mezzo2005
  • Karajan · Die Symphonien — Self2005
  • alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio — Self1994
  • Candide — The Old Lady1991

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Germany
Active from
1928
Active to
2021
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Christa Ludwig (born 16 March 1928) is a German mezzo-soprano (now retired), distinguished for her performances of opera, Lieder, oratorio and other major religious works like masses and Passions, and solos contained in symphonic literature. Her career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. Ludwig was born in Berlin to a musical family; her father, Anton Ludwig, was a tenor and an operatic administrator, her mother, the mezzo-soprano Eugenie Besalla-Ludwig who sang the Aachen Opera

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Key facts

Born
( 1928-03-16 ) 16 March 1928, Berlin, Germany
Died
24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) (aged 93), Klosterneuburg , Austria
Occupation
Operatic mezzo-soprano
Organizations
Vienna State Opera Metropolitan Opera
Title
Kammersängerin
Spouses
Walter Berry ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1957 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1970 ) ​ Paul-Emile Deiber ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1972 ; died 2011 ) ​

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Encyclopedic overview

Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and sometime dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symphonic literature. Her performing career spanned almost half a century, from the late 1940s until the early 1990s.

She sang at many international opera houses and festivals, including at the Vienna State Opera from 1955 to 1994, and at the Metropolitan Opera in many roles. She is remembered for roles such as Mozart's Dorabella, Beethoven's Leonore in Fidelio, Wagner's Kundry, and both Octavian and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. In Vienna, she created the title role of Gottfried von Einem's Der Besuch der alten Dame in 1971.

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