Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
With Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, ca. 1955. "[Walter] Legge tells how one day at the Biffi Scala, he and Schwarzkopf were lunching with the Meneginis, when Callas turned to her, demanding to know 'how you...
One of the great sopranos of the 20th century, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, died in her sleep at her home in Schruns, Austria, on August 3, at the age of 90. The myriad ways in which she employed her remarkably expressive, silvery soprano gave rise to as much admiration and respect as her penchant for incessant nuance, along with her Nazi past, generated controversy.
Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, in full Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, (born Dec. 9, 1915, Jarotschin, near Posen, Ger. [now Poznań, Pol.]—died Aug. 3, 2006, Schruns, Austria), 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. Schwarzkopf studied at the Berlin High School for Music from 1934, winning various prizes. She also studied at Leicester in England, under a League of Nations scholarship. Her first appearance on the stage was as a flower maiden in Parsifal at the Berlin State Opera (1938), where
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
A l'occasion du centenaire de la Divina, Warner Classics ressort en vinyle la version légendaire de Turandot de Puccini enregistrée à la Scala de Milan en 1957 avec Maria Callas, Eugenio Fernandi, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giuseppe Nessi... l'Orchestre du Théâtre de la Scala de Milan dirigé par Tullio Serafin. Coffret trois vinyles et son livret en édition limitée. " Avoir Callas, la plus brillante de toutes les sopranos dans le rôle de Turandot, est le casting le plus naturel. Avec elle, Turandot n'était pas seulement une misandre implacable, mais une femme hautement provocatrice. (...) Avec elle, le personnage semble tellement plus complexe qu'avec d'autres. (...) La direction est si vive que les limites du son mono de 1957 ne semblent guère avoir d'importance. " --- Gramophone ---.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was one of 20th-century’s most acclaimed sopranos. In the week that marks the centenary of her birth, a selection of rare images from the Warner Classics/Parlophone Records archives show the great singer throughout her long life.
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf And Willi Boskovsky - Hollywood Bowl - 1963 - Viennese Night - July 9, 1963 - Past Daily Weekend Gramophone.
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