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Christa Ludwig
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Christa Ludwig
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-03-16,Berlin, Germany
Gender
Female
Biography
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. 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." 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, and her mother, Eugenie Besalla-Ludwig, was a mezzo-soprano who sang at the Aachen Opera during Herbert von Karajan's period as conductor. 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. At Aachen Conservatory, she studied piano, cello, flute and music theory. The family moved to Hanau when their home was bombed in 1944. She studied voice at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt. Ludwig made her stage debut in 1946 at the age of 18 as Orlovsky in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss at the Oper Frankfurt, 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 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. In 1954, she made her debut at the Salzburg Festival as Cherubino in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, conducted by Karl Böhm, and appeared there regularly until 1981. 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. The performance was recorded by Deutsche Grammophon, and reissued on CD by Amadeo and later Orfeo. ... Source: Article "Christa Ludwig" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen

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Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
2009-10-23

7.5

Mozart Requiem
2005-07-25

7

Das Rheingold
1990-04-23

Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

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Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
1970-08-16

8

Die Walküre
1990-02-23

Eine Stadt als Bühne - 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele

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Eine Stadt als Bühne - 100 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele
2020-08-02

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Fidelio
1963-01-01

Madama Butterfly

9.5

Madama Butterfly
1974-09-14

Götterdämmerung

8

Götterdämmerung
1990-05-05

Karajan · Die Symphonien

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Karajan · Die Symphonien
2005-10-31

7

Candide
1991-10-15

Karajan: Beauty As I See It

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Karajan: Beauty As I See It
2008-05-10

Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro

7

Karajan: Portrait of a Maestro
2019-09-22

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal

7

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal
1976-07-08

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3

10

Mahler - Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3
1973-08-17

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein

8

The Little Drummer Boy: An Essay on Mahler by Leonard Bernstein
1985-11-01

Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide

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Leonard Bernstein - Bernstein - Candide
1989-12-13

0

Così fan tutte
1970-07-12

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2

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Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms Symphony No's 1 & 2
1977-01-01

Karajan - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies DVD

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Karajan - Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies DVD
2008-05-05

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

8

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
1970-05-07

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction

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Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction
1972-01-01

8

Dalli Dalli
1971-05-13

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

5

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994-12-27

Zeugen des Jahrhunderts

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Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
1979-09-23

Le monde est à vous

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Le monde est à vous
1987-09-13

0

Erlesen
2010-11-03

6.5

What Am I?
1955-01-02