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Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE (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.
Jul 30, 2024 · Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (born Dec. 9, 1915, Jarotschin, near Posen, Ger. [now Poznań, Pol.]—died Aug. 3, 2006, Schruns, Austria) was a German soprano who performed in the major opera houses of the Western world and is remembered especially for her mastery of German songs known as lieder.
Elisabeth included this brief debut clip—as a dark-haired Gypsy on stage!—in her 1998 biographical documentary Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: A Self-Portrait, which she narrated. In hindsight, after six decades, this rediscovered clip clearly caused her no regrets—much less embarrassment.
Aug 4, 2006 · Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, the German-born soprano whose interpretations of Strauss and Mozart made her one of the most dazzling artists of her time, died yesterday at her home in Austria. She was 90.
Dec 9, 2018 · Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of the most refined and elegant singers of the 20 th century. Born on Dec. 9, 1915, in Jarotschin, the soprano performed her first opera in 1928 and began her formal musical studies at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik in 1934.
The most enduring of her roles in Mozart were Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni. In Strauss she was most closely associated with the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, though in her own affections the Countess in Capriccio probably came to be the most fondly remembered.
Aug 3, 2006 · Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, among the most renowned opera and concert sopranos of the 20th century, died at her Austrian home on Thursday at the age of 90, local media reported.
