15/09/1917, Vienna, Austria – 17/09/1988, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Austrian soprano who was one of the most appreciated Straussian and Mozartian sopranos of her day. Her youthful and lively interpretations made her an ideal interpreter of roles such as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. In 1941, the famous conductor Clemens Krauss engaged her for the Munich State Opera, where she sang with much success. In 1947, she started a long membership with the Vienna Staatsoper, where she was still of the greatest stars up to 1973. From late 1950s, she moved from light roles to lyric ones in the same operas.
