Christa Ludwig

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Christa Ludwig was a renowned German mezzo-soprano celebrated for her versatile operatic and lieder performances throughout the mid-20th century.

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Christa Ludwig canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German person ⓘ
human ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
opera singer ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940s ⓘ
awardReceived Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-03-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-04-24 ⓘ
employer Bavarian State Opera ⓘ
Metropolitan Opera ⓘ
Vienna State Opera ⓘ
familyName Ludwig ⓘ
father Anton Ludwig ⓘ
fieldOfWork art song performance ⓘ
classical singing ⓘ
opera performance ⓘ
genre classical music ⓘ
lieder ⓘ
opera ⓘ
givenName Christa ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
mother Eugenie Besalla-Ludwig ⓘ
name Christa Ludwig ⓘ
notableRole Amneris in Verdi's "Aida" ⓘ
Brangäne in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" ⓘ
Dorabella in Mozart's "Così fan tutte" ⓘ
Kundry in Wagner's "Parsifal" ⓘ
Leonore in Beethoven's "Fidelio" ⓘ
Octavian in Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" ⓘ
notableWork Beethoven "Fidelio" performances ⓘ
Mahler song interpretations ⓘ
Mozart opera roles ⓘ
performances in Richard Strauss operas ⓘ
performances in Richard Wagner operas ⓘ
occupation lieder singer ⓘ
opera singer ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berlin ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kloppenheim ⓘ
recordLabel Deutsche Grammophon ⓘ
EMI Classics ⓘ
residence Vienna ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Paul-Emile Deiber ⓘ
Walter Berry ⓘ
vocalRange mezzo-soprano ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau → spouse → Christa Ludwig ⓘ
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau → spouse → Christa Ludwig ⓘ
subject linked to: Fischer-Dieskau
Christa Ludwig → name → Christa Ludwig ⓘ
Leonore → notableInterpreter → Christa Ludwig ⓘ
Um Mitternacht → notableInterpretationBy → Christa Ludwig ⓘ