Rosl Schwaiger

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Rosl Schwaiger
Born(1918-09-05)5 September 1918
Mozarteum
Occupation
Organizations
AwardsKammersängerin

Rosl Schwaiger (5 September 1918 – 19 April 1970) was an Austrian operatic

Susanna and Zerlina. She appeared at European opera houses and festivals and was especially popular at the Salzburg Festival
, where she appeared for decades in opera and sacred concerts.

Life and career

Schwaiger was born in

Die Liebe zu den drei Orangen.[2]

In 1952, artistic director

Bayerische Staatsoper and Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz in Munich.[1] In those two theatres her partners included Harry Friedauer, Marianne Schech, Erika Köth, Martha Kunig-Rinach, and Sári Barabás. She appeared as Papagena in a production of Die Zauberflöte in 1956, conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch at the Prinzregententheater in Munich, and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore alongside Benno Kusche in 1957.[3]

She performed regularly at the Salzburg Festival and in opera and concerts of sacred music until 1965.[1] In 1945, she appeared as Blonde in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail and in 1946 as Barbarina in his Le nozze di Figaro and as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss.[1] She performed at the Salzburg Cathedral in Schubert's Mass in G major and Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore in 1954.[4] She was one of the most popular singers at the Salzburg Festival during her time there.[1]

Schwaiger also appeared in

Der Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauss.[2] In 1952 she performed the leading role in the WDR production of the operetta The Geisha by Sidney Jones, directed by Franz Marszalek. In 1966 Schwaiger, who had been appointed a Bavarian Kammersängerin, sang the role of Maria at the premiere of the Salzburger Passion by Cesar Bresgen at the Großes Festspielhaus in Salzburg.[1]

In 1954 Schwaiger undertook a successful tour of North America. Three years later she sang at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Blonde, Papagena, and Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.[1] She gave lieder recitals in Greece and Turkey in 1958.[1]

Schwaiger died in Munich at age 51.[1]

Recordings

Schwaiger recorded Barbarina in Figaro in 1956, conducted by Karl Böhm, alongside Paul Schöffler and Sena Jurinac, Walter Berry and Rita Streich.[5]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5
    .
  2. ^ a b "Vorstellungen mit Rosl Schwaiger" (in German). Vienna State Opera. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  3. Hochschule für Musik und Theater München
  4. ^ "Second Cathedral Concert – Muffat, Schubert, Mozart" (in German). Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  5. ISBN 978-3-11-095596-5
    .

External links
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