Hanna Ludwig
Hanna Ludwig | |
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| Born | 10 January 1918 |
| Died | 11 March 2014 (aged 96) Salzburg, Austria |
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| Organizations | Deutsche Oper am Rhein
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Hanna Ludwig (10 January 1918 – 11 March 2014) was a German
Life
Born in
In 1951, she was invited by Wieland Wagner[citation needed] to perform at the first Bayreuth Festival after World War II. She appeared as Fricka, Rossweiße and Wellgunde in Der Ring des Nibelungen and as a flower maiden as well as a squire in Parsifal. The following year, she was Waltraute in Die Walküre instead of Fricka.[1]
Her next engagement was at the
From 1959 to 1968, she belonged to the ensemble of the
In concert, she sang the alto solo in Mozart's Requiem at the Salzburg Festival in 1963.[2] She was known as a lieder singer worldwide, touring the Americas and Japan and other parts of Asia.[1]
Ludwig retired from the stage in 1968.
Ludwig died in Salzburg at the age of 96.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Hanna Ludwig (in German). Bayreuth Festival. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nowotny, Walter. "Geburtstage im Jänner 2018 / 10.1. Hanna Ludwig: 100. Geburtstag". Online Merker (in German). Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ Hanna Ludwig on Operalounge
- ^ Vorstellungen mit Hanna Ludwig (in German). Vienna State Opera. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
External links
- Literature by and about Hanna Ludwig in the German National Library catalogue
- Hanna Ludwig at AllMusic
- Hanna Ludwig discography at Discogs
- Vincent Giroud: Nicolas Nabokov: A Life in Freedom and Music, p. 314
- Hanna Ludwig at IMDb
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