Lucia Popp ( German: Lucia Popp , real name Slovak. Lucia Poppová ; November 12, 1939 , village of Zagorsk Wes, Czechoslovakia - November 16, 1993 , Munich , Germany ) - Slovak singer ( soprano ).
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| Full name | Lucia Poppová |
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| Professions | Opera singer |
| Singing voice | soprano |
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Biography
Born in the village of Zagorsk Weight at Malacek . Initially, she was going to become an actress, then she took singing lessons in Brno and Prague . In 1963 she made her debut in Bratislava in the role of Queen of the Night in the Magic Flute . This party is ranked among the highest achievements of the singer; in the same year, after an invitation to the Vienna Opera, she recorded it under the direction of Otto Klemperer . Relations with the Vienna Opera Lucia Popp maintained throughout his career.
In 1966 she made her debut at Covent Garden , in 1967 at the Metropolitan Opera . Starting as a coloratura soprano, in the 70s the singer switched to lyrical parts, and later to parts in operas by Strauss and Wagner .
Died of a brain tumor.
Creativity
At different times and on different stages, Popp played such roles as Susanne and Countess in The Wedding of Figaro , Queen of the Night and Pamina in The Magic Flute, Zerlin, Donna Elvira and Donna Anna in Don Juan , Ennchen and Agatha in Free Arrow ” , Zdenka and Arabella in “ Arabella ” , Sophie and Marshall in “ Cavalier of the Rose ” , Olympia in “ Tales of Hoffmann ” , Eva in “ Nuremberg Mastersingers ” , etc.
There are also her recordings of Schubert’s songs, The Last Four Songs by R. Strauss, Mahler’s Boy’s Magic Horn.
Awards and titles
- Honorary title " Kammersenger " of the Vienna State Opera (1979) [7]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 122068165 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/78fb5470-e2e6-4c56-9d0d-692152c351d4
- ↑ 1 2 http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/17/obituaries/lucia-popp-54-lyric-soprano-specialist-in-mozart-and-strauss.html
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .
- ↑ SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ LIBRIS - 2013.
- ↑ Lucia Popp (Soprano) - Short Biography