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Christa Ludwig

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with Christa Ludwig (writer).

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.[1]

Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig in 2015
Born(1928-03-16)16 March 1928
Berlin, Germany
Died24 April 2021(2021-04-24) (aged 93)
Klosterneuburg, Austria
Occupation
Organizations
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(m. 1957; div. 1970)​
Paul-Emile Deiber
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(m. 1972; died 2011)​

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.[2] In Vienna, she created the title role of Gottfried von Einem's Der Besuch der alten Dame in 1971.

She is widely recognised as having been one of the most significant and distinguished singers of the 20th century. The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music (2006) stated "Ludwig possessed a voice of exquisite richness and, when needed, breathtaking amplitude. She had the ability to impart dramatic urgency to a performance, the hallmark of a great singer."[3]

Early life and education edit

Ludwig was born in Berlin to a musical family. Her father, Anton Ludwig, who began his singing career as a baritone and later moved into the tenor repertory, was also an opera administrator,[4] and her mother, Eugenie Besalla-Ludwig, was a mezzo-soprano who sang at the Aachen Opera during Herbert von Karajan's period as conductor.[5][6] Ludwig grew up in Aachen, where her first voice teacher was her mother. At age eight, she sang an aria of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute.[7]

At Aachen Conservatory, she studied piano, cello, flute and music theory.[7] The family moved to Hanau[7] when their home was bombed in 1944.[5] She studied voice at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt.[4]

Career edit

Ludwig made her stage debut in 1946 at the age of 18 as Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss at the Oper Frankfurt,[6] where she sang until 1952. She was a member of the Staatstheater Darmstadt from 1952 to 1954, then sang for the 1954/55 season at the Staatsoper Hannover. She joined the Vienna State Opera in 1955, where she became one of its principal artists[4] and was awarded the title Kammersängerin in 1962. She performed with the company for more than thirty years in 43 opera roles and 769 performances.[8] In 1954, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro,[4] conducted by Karl Böhm,[2] and appeared there regularly until 1981.[8][9] At the Vienna State Opera, she created the title role of Gottfried von Einem's Der Besuch der alten Dame on 23 May 1971, conducted by Horst Stein and alongside Eberhard Waechter as her lover Alfred Ill.[4][10] The performance was recorded by Deutsche Grammophon, and reissued on CD by Amadeo and later Orfeo.[11]

She first performed in the U.S. at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte in 1959. The same year, she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera (Met) in New York City as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, conducted by Erich Leinsdorf. Louis Biancolli wrote in his review for the World Telegram and Sun:

... the new Cherubino – Berlin-born Christa Ludwig, a leading mezzo at Darmstadt, Salzburg and Vienna since her debut as Prince Orlofsky in "Fledermaus" in 1946. She is a valuable acquisition. Gifted with a bright, warm voice; Miss Ludwig was a lively and believable Cherubino. Her singing was precise and even, each tone clear and true, and her Italian rippled along like a second music. The ovation was fully deserved.[12]

She subsequently sang 121 performances in 15 roles with the Met, where she quickly became one of the audience's favourites. Her next role, again in trousers, was Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss, in a live broadcast conducted by Leinsdorf, with Lisa Della Casa as the Marschallin, Elisabeth Söderström as Sophie, and Oskar Czerwenka in his Met debut as Ochs.[13] Her repertoire there also included The Dyer's Wife in the Met's first performances of Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss, then (in 1969) the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier, Klytemnestra in Elektra, Ortrud in Wagner's Lohengrin, Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde, Fricka in both Das Rheingold and Die Walküre, Waltraute in Götterdämmerung, Kundry in Parsifal, the title role in Beethoven's Fidelio, Didon in Les Troyens by Berlioz, Charlotte in Massenet's Werther, and Amneris in Verdi's Aida.[4][14] In 1960, she performed as Adalgisa alongside Maria Callas as Bellini's Norma for an EMI recording. She appeared at the Bayreuth Festival first as Brangäne in Tristan und Isolde in 1966.[4] She first appeared at the Royal Opera House in London in 1968 as Amneris in Verdi's Aida.[9]

As Ludwig's voice matured, she expanded her repertoire from lyric and spinto mezzo-roles to dramatic roles. Her vast repertory eventually grew to encompass Princess Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlo which she sang at La Scala in Milan, in Salzburg and in Vienna, the title role in Bizet's Carmen, Ulrica in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, Octavia in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea, and contemporary roles by von Einem and Orff. She also ventured briefly into the spinto and dramatic soprano repertoire with performances as Lady Macbeth in Verdi's Macbeth, the Dyer's Wife, the Marschallin and Leonore in Fidelio.[4][7]

In addition to her opera performances, Ludwig regularly gave recitals of lieder, with pianists including Sebastian Peschko, Gerald Moore, Geoffrey Parsons[9] and on occasion Leonard Bernstein.[15][16] She performed as a soloist with orchestras, including works by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wolf, Mahler and Strauss.[9][17] She was one of few women to tackle and record Schubert's Winterreise.[9] She also sang Bach's music and recorded many of his large vocal works,[9][17] such as the St Matthew Passion conducted by Otto Klemperer in 1961, with Peter Pears as the Evangelist and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau as the voice of Christ,[18] and the Mass in B minor the same year, Karajan's third recording of the work, with Leontyne Price, Nicolai Gedda, Gérard Souzay and her husband Walter Berry.[19] She recorded Bach's Christmas Oratorio conducted by Karl Richter in 1965, with Gundula Janowitz, Fritz Wunderlich and Franz Crass.[20] She performed Mahler's Second Symphony with Bernstein in 1967.[5] In the same year, she recorded a definitive Das Lied von de Erde with tenor Fritz Wunderlich, conducted by Otto Klemperer. From September 1973 to January 1974, she took part in Karajan's fourth recording of Bach's Mass in B minor, with Janowitz, Peter Schreier, Robert Kerns and Karl Ridderbusch.[19]

In 1993 and 1994, she gave a series of farewell recitals in many cities;[7] her last appearance at the Metropolitan Opera was as Fricka in Die Walküre.[21] Her final live operatic performance was as Klytemnestra in Elektra for the Vienna State Opera in December 1994.[5][8]

Personal life edit

In times where personalities are thinly sown, we have first class, yes excellent, musical practitioners, who lack intuition, imagination, and a feeling for composers, who, even though they lived in the past, can speak to us about today. Courage is needed to reveal one's own feelings in interpretation and not tell the audience with raised forefinger: "The composer wanted it like this, and no other way." But at the same time we singers must never forget that we are only the servants of the great minds who created all the wonderful pieces of music we enjoy today.—Christa Ludwig[22]

From 1957 to 1970, Ludwig was married to the bass-baritone Walter Berry;[2] they had a son.[9] The couple performed together frequently, notably as the Dyer and his wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten. In 1972, she married the French theatre actor Paul-Emile Deiber, who died in 2011.[9]

Ludwig's first memoir, Und ich wäre so gern Primadonna gewesen (And I would gladly have been a primadonna), was published in 1994;[23] an English translation by Regina Domeraski titled In My Own Voice was published in 1999.[22] Her second memoir, "Leicht muss man sein": Erinnerungen an die Zukunft ("One must be lighter": memories of the future), as told to Erna Cuesta and Franz Zoglauer, was published in 2018.[24]

Ludwig died at her home in Klosterneuburg, Austria in April 2021, at the age of 93.[2][7][25][26]

Decorations and awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics | Warner Classics". www.warnerclassics.com.
  2. ^ a b c d "German opera star Christa Ludwig dies at the age of 93". BBC. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  3. ^ Libbey, Theodore (2006). The NPR Listener's Encyclopedia of Classical Music. Workman Publishing Company. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-7611-2072-8.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Kutsch, K.-J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Ludwig, Christa". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 2808–2809. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
  5. ^ a b c d Everson, Stephen (19 March 2004). ""Opera is absurd, no?"". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  6. ^ a b Spinola, Julia (25 April 2021). "Die grandiose Opernsängerin Christa Ludwig ist tot". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "1928–2021: Opernlegende Christa Ludwig verstorben". Wiener Zeitung (in German). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  8. ^ a b c "Vorstellungen mit Christa Ludwig". Spielplanarchiv der Wiener Staatsoper (in German). Vienna State Opera. 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h "Christa Ludwig, operatic mezzo-soprano with a vast repertoire who never took herself too seriously – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. London. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  10. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Der Besuch der alten Dame, 23 May 1971". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  11. ^ Ashman, Mike (June 2018). "Einem / Der Besuch der alten Dame". Gramophone. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  12. ^ Biancolli, Louis. "Le nozze di Figaro {175} Metropolitan Opera House: 12 October 1959". archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Der Rosenkavalier {177} Matinee Broadcast ed. Metropolitan Opera House: 26 December 1959., Broadcast". archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Performances with Christa Ludwig". archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Klavierpartner als Meister der leisen Töne". Cellesche Zeitung (in German). 13 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Christa Ludwig – Präzision, Tiefe, Schönklang". RONDO (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  17. ^ a b "Grosse Christa Ludwig". Opera Lounge (in German). 22 March 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Matthäus-Passion BWV 244 Conducted by Otto Klemperer". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  19. ^ a b "Mass in B minor BWV 232 / Conducted by Herbert von Karajan". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 / Conducted by Karl Richter". Bach Cantatas Website. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  21. ^ "Christa Ludwig". Metropolitan Opera. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  22. ^ a b Ludwig, Christa (1999). In My Own Voice: Memoirs. Translated by Regina Domeraski. Limelight Editions. ISBN 978-0-87910-281-4. OCLC 681449072.
  23. ^ Ludwig, Christa (4 July 1994). ... und ich wäre so gern Primadonna gewesen: Erinnerungen. Henschel. OCLC 488750549 – via Open WorldCat.
  24. ^ Christa Ludwig (2018). Erna Cuesta; Franz Zoglauer (eds.). Leicht muss man sein: Erinnerungen an die Zukunft (in German). Amalthea Signum Verlag. ISBN 9783903217119.
  25. ^ "Die Sopranistin Christa Ludwig ist tot – Klassik". Badische Zeitung (in German). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  26. ^ "Renowned Opera Singer Christa Ludwig Dies Aged 93". www.barrons.com. Agence France-Presse (AFP).
  27. ^ a b c d e f "Opernstar Christa Ludwig gestorben". noe.ORF.at (in German). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  28. ^ a b "Ludwig, Christa". Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon (in German). 6 May 2001. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  29. ^ "Mezzosopranistin Christa Ludwig (93) gestorben". MUSIK HEUTE (in German). 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  30. ^ "IV. Hugo-Wolf-Wettbewerb". musikverein.wien (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  31. ^ "Christa Ludwig". Biografie WHO'S WHO (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  32. ^ "Mezzosopranistin Christa Ludwig ist tot – 25.04.2021". DW.COM (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  33. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1788. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  34. ^ "Midem-Veranstalter ehren Christa Ludwig". MusikWoche (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  35. ^ "Christa Ludwig wird 80 – neue musikzeitung". neue musikzeitung (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  36. ^ "1928–2021 Kammersängerin Christa Ludwig gestorben". Der Standard (in German). Vienna. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  37. ^ "Kammersängerin Christa Ludwig erhält Hugo-Wolf-Medaille – neue musikzeitung". nmz (in German). Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  38. ^ "Christa Ludwig wins Gramophone's Lifetime Achievement Award". Gramophone. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  39. ^ Opus Klassik Awards 2018 by Chris O'Reilly prestomusic.com
  40. ^ "Opernsängerin Christa Ludwig im Alter von 93 Jahren gestorben – neue musikzeitung". neue musikzeitung (in German). dpa. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

Further reading edit

  • Wakin, Daniel J. (25 April 2021). "Christa Ludwig, Mezzo-Soprano of Velvety Hues, Is Dead at 93". The New York Times. Vol. 170, no. 59041. p. B10. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christa Ludwig.
  • Christa Ludwig discography at Discogs  
  • 2013 interview (in English) plus a retrospective of recordings: Part 1, Part 2. "Singing and Other Sins", Hawaii Public Radio, December 2013.
  • Christa Ludwig cantabile-subito.de
  • Christa Ludwig (Mezzo-soprano) Bach Cantatas Website
  • Christa Ludwig – Her last concert "Tribute to Vienna" (2003)
  • Discography (Capon's Lists of Opera Recordings)
  • Peter Dusek: "Wiener Staatsoper: Christa Ludwig Geburtstags Matinee: Zuletzt flossen sogar Tränen" (in German) Online Merker 26 March 2018
  • Kirsten Liese: "Christa Ludwig – zum Neunziger: 'Ich glaube nicht an Gott' " (in German, interview) Online Merker 15 March 2018
  • Dejan Vukosavljevic: "Obituary: Famed Mezzo-Soprano Christa Ludwig Dies at 93", operawire.com 25 April 2021

January 01, 1970
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Not to be confused with Christa Ludwig writer 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 1 Christa LudwigChrista Ludwig in 2015Born 1928 03 16 16 March 1928Berlin GermanyDied24 April 2021 2021 04 24 aged 93 Klosterneuburg AustriaOccupationOperatic mezzo sopranoOrganizationsVienna State Opera Metropolitan OperaTitleKammersangerinSpousesWalter Berry m 1957 div 1970 wbr Paul Emile Deiber m 1972 died 2011 wbr 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 2 In Vienna she created the title role of Gottfried von Einem s Der Besuch der alten Dame in 1971 She is widely recognised as having been one of the most significant and distinguished singers of the 20th century The NPR Listener s Encyclopedia of Classical Music 2006 stated Ludwig possessed a voice of exquisite richness and when needed breathtaking amplitude She had the ability to impart dramatic urgency to a performance the hallmark of a great singer 3 Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Decorations and awards 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEarly life and education editLudwig was born in Berlin to a musical family Her father Anton Ludwig who began his singing career as a baritone and later moved into the tenor repertory was also an opera administrator 4 and her mother Eugenie Besalla Ludwig was a mezzo soprano who sang at the Aachen Opera during Herbert von Karajan s period as conductor 5 6 Ludwig grew up in Aachen where her first voice teacher was her mother At age eight she sang an aria of the Queen of the Night in Mozart s The Magic Flute 7 At Aachen Conservatory she studied piano cello flute and music theory 7 The family moved to Hanau 7 when their home was bombed in 1944 5 She studied voice at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt 4 Career editLudwig made her stage debut in 1946 at the age of 18 as Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss at the Oper Frankfurt 6 where she sang until 1952 She was a member of the Staatstheater Darmstadt from 1952 to 1954 then sang for the 1954 55 season at the Staatsoper Hannover She joined the Vienna State Opera in 1955 where she became one of its principal artists 4 and was awarded the title Kammersangerin in 1962 She performed with the company for more than thirty years in 43 opera roles and 769 performances 8 In 1954 she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Cherubino in Mozart s The Marriage of Figaro 4 conducted by Karl Bohm 2 and appeared there regularly until 1981 8 9 At the Vienna State Opera she created the title role of Gottfried von Einem s Der Besuch der alten Dame on 23 May 1971 conducted by Horst Stein and alongside Eberhard Waechter as her lover Alfred Ill 4 10 The performance was recorded by Deutsche Grammophon and reissued on CD by Amadeo and later Orfeo 11 She first performed in the U S at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Dorabella in Mozart s Cosi fan tutte in 1959 The same year she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera Met in New York City as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro conducted by Erich Leinsdorf Louis Biancolli wrote in his review for the World Telegram and Sun the new Cherubino Berlin born Christa Ludwig a leading mezzo at Darmstadt Salzburg and Vienna since her debut as Prince Orlofsky in Fledermaus in 1946 She is a valuable acquisition Gifted with a bright warm voice Miss Ludwig was a lively and believable Cherubino Her singing was precise and even each tone clear and true and her Italian rippled along like a second music The ovation was fully deserved 12 She subsequently sang 121 performances in 15 roles with the Met where she quickly became one of the audience s favourites Her next role again in trousers was Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss in a live broadcast conducted by Leinsdorf with Lisa Della Casa as the Marschallin Elisabeth Soderstrom as Sophie and Oskar Czerwenka in his Met debut as Ochs 13 Her repertoire there also included The Dyer s Wife in the Met s first performances of Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss then in 1969 the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier Klytemnestra in Elektra Ortrud in Wagner s Lohengrin Brangane in Tristan und Isolde Fricka in both Das Rheingold and Die Walkure Waltraute in Gotterdammerung Kundry in Parsifal the title role in Beethoven s Fidelio Didon in Les Troyens by Berlioz Charlotte in Massenet s Werther and Amneris in Verdi s Aida 4 14 In 1960 she performed as Adalgisa alongside Maria Callas as Bellini s Norma for an EMI recording She appeared at the Bayreuth Festival first as Brangane in Tristan und Isolde in 1966 4 She first appeared at the Royal Opera House in London in 1968 as Amneris in Verdi s Aida 9 As Ludwig s voice matured she expanded her repertoire from lyric and spinto mezzo roles to dramatic roles Her vast repertory eventually grew to encompass Princess Eboli in Verdi s Don Carlo which she sang at La Scala in Milan in Salzburg and in Vienna the title role in Bizet s Carmen Ulrica in Verdi s Un ballo in maschera Octavia in Monteverdi s L incoronazione di Poppea and contemporary roles by von Einem and Orff She also ventured briefly into the spinto and dramatic soprano repertoire with performances as Lady Macbeth in Verdi s Macbeth the Dyer s Wife the Marschallin and Leonore in Fidelio 4 7 In addition to her opera performances Ludwig regularly gave recitals of lieder with pianists including Sebastian Peschko Gerald Moore Geoffrey Parsons 9 and on occasion Leonard Bernstein 15 16 She performed as a soloist with orchestras including works by Schubert Schumann Brahms Wolf Mahler and Strauss 9 17 She was one of few women to tackle and record Schubert s Winterreise 9 She also sang Bach s music and recorded many of his large vocal works 9 17 such as the St Matthew Passion conducted by Otto Klemperer in 1961 with Peter Pears as the Evangelist and Dietrich Fischer Dieskau as the voice of Christ 18 and the Mass in B minor the same year Karajan s third recording of the work with Leontyne Price Nicolai Gedda Gerard Souzay and her husband Walter Berry 19 She recorded Bach s Christmas Oratorio conducted by Karl Richter in 1965 with Gundula Janowitz Fritz Wunderlich and Franz Crass 20 She performed Mahler s Second Symphony with Bernstein in 1967 5 In the same year she recorded a definitive Das Lied von de Erde with tenor Fritz Wunderlich conducted by Otto Klemperer From September 1973 to January 1974 she took part in Karajan s fourth recording of Bach s Mass in B minor with Janowitz Peter Schreier Robert Kerns and Karl Ridderbusch 19 In 1993 and 1994 she gave a series of farewell recitals in many cities 7 her last appearance at the Metropolitan Opera was as Fricka in Die Walkure 21 Her final live operatic performance was as Klytemnestra in Elektra for the Vienna State Opera in December 1994 5 8 Personal life editIn times where personalities are thinly sown we have first class yes excellent musical practitioners who lack intuition imagination and a feeling for composers who even though they lived in the past can speak to us about today Courage is needed to reveal one s own feelings in interpretation and not tell the audience with raised forefinger The composer wanted it like this and no other way But at the same time we singers must never forget that we are only the servants of the great minds who created all the wonderful pieces of music we enjoy today Christa Ludwig 22 From 1957 to 1970 Ludwig was married to the bass baritone Walter Berry 2 they had a son 9 The couple performed together frequently notably as the Dyer and his wife in Die Frau ohne Schatten In 1972 she married the French theatre actor Paul Emile Deiber who died in 2011 9 Ludwig s first memoir Und ich ware so gern Primadonna gewesen And I would gladly have been a primadonna was published in 1994 23 an English translation by Regina Domeraski titled In My Own Voice was published in 1999 22 Her second memoir Leicht muss man sein Erinnerungen an die Zukunft One must be lighter memories of the future as told to Erna Cuesta and Franz Zoglauer was published in 2018 24 Ludwig died at her home in Klosterneuburg Austria in April 2021 at the age of 93 2 7 25 26 Decorations and awards edit1962 Austrian Kammersangerin 27 1969 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 28 1980 Golden Ring of the Vienna State Opera 29 1980 Silver Rose of the Vienna Philharmonic 28 1980 Golden Gustav Mahler Medal 27 1980 Hugo Wolf Medal of the International Hugo Wolf Society 30 1981 Honorary Member of the Vienna State Opera 27 1989 Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters France 31 1994 Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria 27 2004 Commander s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 32 2007 Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria 33 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award at Midem 34 2008 Saeculum Glashutte Original Music Festival award at the Dresden Music Festival 35 2008 Honorary doctorate from the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music Warsaw 27 2010 Commander of the Legion of Honour France 36 2010 Hugo Wolf Medal of the International Hugo Wolf Academy de 27 37 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Gramophone Awards 38 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Opus Klassik de 39 40 References edit The Complete Recitals on Warner Classics Warner Classics www warnerclassics com a b c d German opera star Christa Ludwig dies at the age of 93 BBC 25 April 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Libbey Theodore 2006 The NPR Listener s Encyclopedia of Classical Music Workman Publishing Company p 437 ISBN 978 0 7611 2072 8 a b c d e f g h Kutsch K J Riemens Leo 2012 Ludwig Christa Grosses Sangerlexikon in German 4th ed De Gruyter pp 2808 2809 ISBN 978 3 59 844088 5 a b c d Everson Stephen 19 March 2004 Opera is absurd no The Guardian Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b Spinola Julia 25 April 2021 Die grandiose Opernsangerin Christa Ludwig ist tot Suddeutsche Zeitung in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b c d e f 1928 2021 Opernlegende Christa Ludwig verstorben Wiener Zeitung in German 25 April 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b c Vorstellungen mit Christa Ludwig Spielplanarchiv der Wiener Staatsoper in German Vienna State Opera 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b c d e f g h Christa Ludwig operatic mezzo soprano with a vast repertoire who never took herself too seriously obituary The Daily Telegraph London 25 April 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Casaglia Gherardo 2005 Der Besuch der alten Dame 23 May 1971 L Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia in Italian Ashman Mike June 2018 Einem Der Besuch der alten Dame Gramophone Retrieved 26 April 2021 Biancolli Louis Le nozze di Figaro 175 Metropolitan Opera House 12 October 1959 archives metoperafamily org Retrieved 28 April 2021 Der Rosenkavalier 177 Matinee Broadcast ed Metropolitan Opera House 26 December 1959 Broadcast archives metoperafamily org Retrieved 28 April 2021 Performances with Christa Ludwig archives metoperafamily org Retrieved 28 April 2021 Klavierpartner als Meister der leisen Tone Cellesche Zeitung in German 13 June 2010 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Christa Ludwig Prazision Tiefe Schonklang RONDO in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b Grosse Christa Ludwig Opera Lounge in German 22 March 2018 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Matthaus Passion BWV 244 Conducted by Otto Klemperer Bach Cantatas Website Retrieved 26 April 2021 a b Mass in B minor BWV 232 Conducted by Herbert von Karajan Bach Cantatas Website Retrieved 26 April 2021 Weihnachts Oratorium BWV 248 Conducted by Karl Richter Bach Cantatas Website Retrieved 26 April 2021 Christa Ludwig Metropolitan Opera 21 April 2021 Retrieved 6 May 2021 a b Ludwig Christa 1999 In My Own Voice Memoirs Translated by Regina Domeraski Limelight Editions ISBN 978 0 87910 281 4 OCLC 681449072 Ludwig Christa 4 July 1994 und ich ware so gern Primadonna gewesen Erinnerungen Henschel OCLC 488750549 via Open WorldCat Christa Ludwig 2018 Erna Cuesta Franz Zoglauer eds Leicht muss man sein Erinnerungen an die Zukunft in German Amalthea Signum Verlag ISBN 9783903217119 Die Sopranistin Christa Ludwig ist tot Klassik Badische Zeitung in German 25 April 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Renowned Opera Singer Christa Ludwig Dies Aged 93 www barrons com Agence France Presse AFP a b c d e f Opernstar Christa Ludwig gestorben noe ORF at in German 25 April 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 a b Ludwig Christa Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon in German 6 May 2001 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Mezzosopranistin Christa Ludwig 93 gestorben MUSIK HEUTE in German 25 April 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 IV Hugo Wolf Wettbewerb musikverein wien in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 Christa Ludwig Biografie WHO S WHO in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 Mezzosopranistin Christa Ludwig ist tot 25 04 2021 DW COM in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 Reply to a parliamentary question PDF in German p 1788 Retrieved 29 January 2013 Midem Veranstalter ehren Christa Ludwig MusikWoche in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 Christa Ludwig wird 80 neue musikzeitung neue musikzeitung in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 1928 2021 Kammersangerin Christa Ludwig gestorben Der Standard in German Vienna 25 April 2021 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Kammersangerin Christa Ludwig erhalt Hugo Wolf Medaille neue musikzeitung nmz in German Retrieved 25 April 2021 Christa Ludwig wins Gramophone s Lifetime Achievement Award Gramophone 15 September 2016 Retrieved 25 April 2021 Opus Klassik Awards 2018 by Chris O Reilly prestomusic com Opernsangerin Christa Ludwig im Alter von 93 Jahren gestorben neue musikzeitung neue musikzeitung in German dpa Retrieved 26 April 2021 Further reading editWakin Daniel J 25 April 2021 Christa Ludwig Mezzo Soprano of Velvety Hues Is Dead at 93 The New York Times Vol 170 no 59041 p B10 Retrieved 26 April 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Christa Ludwig Christa Ludwig discography at Discogs nbsp 2013 interview in English plus a retrospective of recordings Part 1 Part 2 Singing and Other Sins Hawaii Public Radio December 2013 Christa Ludwig cantabile subito de Christa Ludwig Mezzo soprano Bach Cantatas Website Christa Ludwig Her last concert Tribute to Vienna 2003 Discography Capon s Lists of Opera Recordings Peter Dusek Wiener Staatsoper Christa Ludwig Geburtstags Matinee Zuletzt flossen sogar Tranen in German Online Merker 26 March 2018 Kirsten Liese Christa Ludwig zum Neunziger Ich glaube nicht an Gott in German interview Online Merker 15 March 2018 Dejan Vukosavljevic Obituary Famed Mezzo Soprano Christa Ludwig Dies at 93 operawire com 25 April 2021 Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Opera Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Christa Ludwig amp oldid 1216658700, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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