Irmgard Seefried
Irmgard Seefried (9 October 191924 November 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera, sacred music, and lieder.Maria Theresia Irmgard Seefried was born in , near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany, the daughter of educated Austrian-born parents. She studied at Augsburg University before making her debut in Aachen as the priestess in Verdi's ''Aida'' in 1940. She began to sing leading parts in 1942 (Agathe in Weber's ''Der Freischütz'' in 1942, and the next year she made her debut at Vienna State Opera with Eva in Wagner's ''Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg'' conducted by Karl Böhm). From then on, she remained with the State Opera until her retirement in 1976.
She sang at the Salzburg Festival every year from 1946 to 1964 (except 1955, 1961 and 1962) in operas (Susanna in ''The Marriage of Figaro'', Fiordiligi in ''Così fan tutte'', Zerlina in ''Don Giovanni'', Pamina in ''The Magic Flute'', Marzelline in ''Fidelio'' and the Composer in ''Ariadne auf Naxos''), concerts and recitals.
She appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London from 1947 to 1949, and also La Scala in Milan, the Edinburgh Festival, etc. She made her Metropolitan Opera in New York City debut in November 1953 as Susanna in Mozart's ''Nozze di Figaro'' and appeared there for only one season (1953–54), in five performances, all as Susanna.
One of the outstanding singers to emerge immediately after the Second World War, she was noted for her Mozart and Richard Strauss roles. But she also sang in other composers' operas; the title role in Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly'', Marie in Alban Berg's ''Wozzeck'', Eva in ''Meistersinger'', Blanche in Poulenc's ''Dialogues des Carmélites'', and the title role in Janáček's ''Káťa Kabanová''. She was also a noted lieder singer, and a number of her Salzburg Festival recitals were recorded. She left many recordings of oratorio and sacred music by Bach, Mozart, Haydn (including at least four different renditions of the Archangel Gabriel in ''Die Schöpfung''), Brahms, Fauré, Beethoven, Dvořák, Verdi and Stravinsky.
Although she was a high soprano, she performed, and recorded, both the trouser roles of the Composer and Octavian in Richard Strauss's ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' and ''Der Rosenkavalier'', respectively. These roles are usually associated with weightier voices, and today are usually sung by mezzo-sopranos.
She often sang with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, who said in interview that Seefried was naturally able to achieve results effortlessly which other singers, including Schwarzkopf herself, had to work hard to produce.
She can be seen singing Mahler on a DVD from EMI, with Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau.
She was married to Austrian violinist Wolfgang Schneiderhan, one of the concertmasters of the Vienna Philharmonic, from 1948 until her death. They had three daughters, one of whom is actress Mona Seefried (born 1957).
After retirement, she taught students at the Vienna Academy of Music (Wiener Singakademie) and Salzburg Mozarteum. She died at 69 in Vienna in 1988. Provided by Wikipedia
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Sopran-Album aus dem Repertoire Irmgard Seefried : 19 Arien und Lieder
Wien : Verlag Doblinger, 1949Other Authors: “…Seefried, Irmgard…”
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Symphony no. 4 by Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911
North Hollywood, Calif. : Varèse Sarabande, 1985Other Authors: “…Seefried, Irmgard…”
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Hansel and Gretel : [a fairy play in three acts] / [music by] Humperdinck ; libretto by Wette. by Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921
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Hansel and Gretel [a fairy play in three acts] by Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921
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Sinfonia n. 9 in re min., op. 125 by Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
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Seefried : Brahms, Schubert, Wolf.
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Editor's choice : the top ten discs of April 2010.
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Don Giovanni by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
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A Recital of duets by Monteverdi, Carissimi [and] Dvořák.
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Hänsel und Gretel by Humperdinck, Engelbert, 1854-1921
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Der Rosenkavalier : Komödie für Musik in drei Aufzügen by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
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Der Freischutz romantische Oper in drei Aufzugen by Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826
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Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
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Die Hochzeit des Figaro by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
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Irmgard Seefried
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The art of Igor Markevitch : L'art de Igor Markevitch : Radio-Canada telecasts of 1957 and 1959
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Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Irmgard Seefried, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau : R. Strauss, Mahler, Schubert
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Le nozze di Figaro by Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
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Clifford Curzon edition : Complete recordings.
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