Hilde Güden

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Hilde Güden (or Gueden; 15 September 1917 – 17 September 1988) was an Austrian

Early life

Born Hulda Geiringer in

In 1941, the famous conductor

Post-war career

In Italy,

She died, aged 71, in Klosterneuburg, and was buried in Munich 's Waldfriedhof Cemetery. (Tenor Fritz Wunderlich is also buried there.)

Recordings

During the 1950s and 1960s, Hilde Güden made dozens of recordings with the best artists of her generation, especially for the Decca/London label. Following is a selection of her recorded works:

1. Mozart:

2. Mozart: Don Giovanni (as Zerlina) with Lisa della Casa, Cesare Siepi, Walter Berry, Suzanne Danco and Josef Krips (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1955 (Decca)

3. Mozart:

4. Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus (as Rosalinde) with Wilma Lipp, Anton Dermota, Julius Patzak and Clemens Krauss (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1950 (London Gramophone LLP 305, Decca, now only available in various "public domain" versions)

5. Johann Strauss: Die Fledermaus (as Rosalinde) with Erika Köth, Walter Berry, Regina Resnik and Herbert von Karajan (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1960 (Decca)

6. Johann Strauss:

7. Richard Strauss: Daphne (as Daphne) with Fritz Wunderlich, James King, Paul Schoffler and Karl Böhm (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1964/live (DG)

8. Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (as Sophie) with Maria Reining, Sena Jurinac and Erich Kleiber (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1954 (Decca)

9. Richard Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau with Hermann Prey, Fritz Wunderlich, Hans Hotter, and Karl Böhm (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1959/live-Salzburg Festival (DG)

10. Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (as Zerbinetta) with Lisa della Casa, Irmgard Seefried, Rudolph Schock and Karl Böhm (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1954/live-Salzburg Festival (DG)

11. Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (as Eva) with Paul Schöffler, Günther Treptow, Karl Dönch, Anton Dermota and Hans Knappertsbusch (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; rec.1950–51 (Decca)

12. Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (as Musetta) with Renata Tebaldi, Giacinto Prandelli, Fernando Corena and Alberto Erede (cond.); Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma; rec.1950 (Decca)

13. Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto (as Gilda) with Aldo Protti, Mario Del Monaco, Cesare Siepi and Alberto Erede (cond.); Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome; rec.1954 (Decca)

Video

• As the Countess in
  Le nozze di Figaro, in a live performance with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Geraint Evans, Graziella Sciutti, and Evelyn Lear, conducted by Lorin Maazel, from the Salzburg Festival, 1963. The DVD is published by Video Artists International
  , Inc. Catalog number VAI DVD 4519.

• Arias from Don Pasquale and Die Fledermaus on Golden Age of Singing, Vol. 1, published by Video Artists International, Inc. Catalog number VAI DVD 4701.

• "Vilia" from The Merry Widow on Golden Age of Singing, Vol. 2, published by Video Artists International, Inc. Catalog number VAI DVD 4702.

References

• D. Brook, Singers of Today (Revised Edition – Rockliff, London 1958), 100–103.