Helga Pilarczyk
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Helga Pilarczyk (12 March 1925 – 15 September 2011) was a German operatic soprano.
Born in
Pilarczyk became a specialist in works of the twentieth century, including works by Richard Strauss,
In 1965, she debuted both at the Metropolitan Opera (Wozzeck, under Karl Böhm) and in Chicago (Wozzeck, with Sir Geraint Evans, under Bruno Bartoletti). In 1967, she left the stage in order to devote herself to her family, and later taught at the Musikhochschule Hamburg.[1]
Her discography consists principally of recordings of Erwartung (conducted by
The Kammersängerin died, following a brief illness, in Hamburg, at the age of eighty-six, leaving behind two children. Helga Pilarczyk is buried in Hamburg.
References
- ISBN 0-671-61732-X
- The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, edited by David Hamilton, ISBN 0-671-61732-X
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