Irmgard seefried biography

Irmgard Seefried (9 October 1919 – 24 November 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera, sacred music, and lieder.
Irmgard Seefried was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera, sacred music, and lieder.
Irmgard Seefried (born Köngetried, Bavaria, 9 October 1919; died Vienna, 24 November 1988) was a famous German soprano who sang opera and lieder.

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Seefried, Irmgard (1919–1988)

German soprano. Born on October 9, 1919, in Köngetried, a small town in Swabia (southwest Bavaria); died on November 24, 1988, in Vienna, Austria; daughter of a high school teacher; married Wolfgang Schneiderhan (a violinist and concert master), in 1948; children: Barbara Maria Schneiderhan (b. January 1950).

Irmgard Seefried was born in 1919 in Köngetried, a small town in Swabia, and learned

piano, violin, and singing under her father's tutelage. After attending Albert Greiner's song-school in Augsburg, Germany, she spent five years studying at the Augsburg Conservatoire under Albert Mayer, then attended the State Academy of Music in Munich. Seefried joined the Aachen Opera under Herbert von Karajan (1939) and made her debut there in 1940 as a priestess in Verdi's Aïda. In 1943, she joined the Vienna State Opera, debuting as Eva in Die Meistersinger on May 2. During his 80th birthday celebration (June 1844), Richard Strauss chose her to sing the role of the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, commenting after her performance, "I never knew w

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Irmgard Seefried

German soprano (1919–1988)

Irmgard Seefried (9 October 1919 – 24 November 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera, sacred music, and lieder.

Maria Theresia Irmgard Seefried was born in Köngetried [Wikidata], 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.

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Irmgard Seefried

Irmgard Seefried (born Köngetried, Bavaria, 9 October1919; died Vienna, 24 November1988) was a famous German soprano who sang opera and lieder.

Irmgard Seefried was born in Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany. She studied at Augsburg University. Her first appearance in opera was in Aachen where she sang the role of the priestess in Verdi's Aida in 1940. She soon began to sing leading parts, and in 1943 she sang the part of Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Vienna State Opera conducted by Karl Böhm. Since then, she belonged to the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera until she retired in 1976.

She sang at the Salzburg Festival nearly every year and gave many recitals. She appeared at the Royal Opera House of Covent Garden in London from 1947 to 1949, and also La Scala in Milan, Edinburgh Festival, etc. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York during the 1953 -a1954 season the role of Susanna in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro

She is especially remembered for her singing of the music of Mozart and Richard Strauss,