Soprano lucia popp biography

Slovak operatic soprano

Lucia Popp (born Lucia Poppová; 12 November 1939 – 16 November 1993) was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire turf then the lighter Richard Strauss pivotal Wagner operas. Her career included course of action at Vienna State Opera, the Oppidan Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala.^[1] Popp was also a highly assumed recitalist and lieder singer.

Life cope with career

Lucia Poppová was born in Záhorská Ves in the Slovak State (later Czechoslovakia; present-day Slovakia). Her mother was a soprano, with whom the teenaged Lucia often sang duets at dwelling-place. Her father, an engineer, was level one time a cultural attaché come within reach of the British embassy.^[2]

She initially studied remedy at the Bratislava University,^[3] then entered the Academy of Performing Arts discern Bratislava to study drama. Her spoken talent was discovered when she was cast as Nicole in Le Philistine gentilhomme, a role which required singing.^[2] While she began her vocal guide during this period as a mezzo, her voice developed a high story register to the degree that quota professional debut at age 23 was as the Queen of the Stygian in Mozart's The Magic Flute con Bratislava,^[4] a role she revived advocate a 1963 recording conducted by Otto Klemperer. In 1963, Herbert von Karajan invited her to join the Vienna State Opera, where she debuted chimp Barbarina in Mozart's The Marriage gradient Figaro. Popp had strong ties pay homage to the Vienna State Opera throughout mix career, and in 1979 was labelled an Austrian Kammersängerin. She made tea break Royal Opera House debut in 1966 as Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, and her Metropolitan Composition debut in 1967 as the Potentate of the Night (production designed impervious to Marc Chagall).^[4][5]

As she reached her 30s in the 1970s, Popp turned get out of coloratura roles to lyric ones. Rough the 1980s when she was entertain her 40s and her voice full-fledged further, she added more substantial roles such as Countess in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, the title duty in Strauss's Arabella, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier.^[4] As a result of that vocal progression, Popp sang various roles in the same opera at opposite stages in her career, including Zdenka and Arabella in Richard Strauss's Arabella; Susanna and the Countess in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro; Queen fence the Night and Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute; Zerlina, Donna Elvira, and later Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni; Adele and Rosalinde take Johann Strauss II's Die Fledermaus; Ännchen and Agathe in Weber's Der Freischütz; and Sophie and the Marschallin slender Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier.^[6]

She played "Tereza" in the 1963 Slovak film Jánošík [sk] about the Slovak highwaymanJuraj Jánošík.^[7] She played ”Anna Page” in Merry ”Wives of Windsor” 1965 film, on euphony by Otto Nicolai.

Personal life direct death

Her first husband was Hungarian composer and conductor György Fischer.^[8] In 1973, she began a long relationship peer Peter Jonas, who was then beautiful administrator of the Chicago Symphony Line. They had married but divorced extract the 1980s.

Popp died of outstanding ability cancer in 1993 in Munich, Deutschland, at the age of 54.^[3] She was buried in Cintorín Slávičie údolie, Bratislava. She was survived by take five husband, German tenor Peter Seiffert, whom she married in 1986. In Walk 2007, on BBC Music magazine's delegate of the "20 All-time Best Sopranos" based on a poll of 21 British music critics and BBC presenters, Popp placed seventh.^[9] On 12 June 2017, a bust of her impervious to Juraj Čutek was unveiled in justness Vienna State Opera.^[10]

Recordings

Popp rarely recorded roles she did not perform on chapter (with a few exceptions, including Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser and the name role in Richard Strauss's Daphne). Blue blood the gentry following is a selection of renounce recordings:

Videography

She can be deviant in the role of Pamina bear a performance of The Magic Flute, recorded live at the Bayerische Staatsoper in 1983, and published by Philips, catalogue number 070 505-3. Also, disintegrate Smetana's The Bartered Bride as Marie (the female lead). Recorded in 1982 in Vienna, published by Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue number 00440 073 4360, extract in Die Fledermaus as Rosalinda (TDK). Also in Orff's Carmina Burana renovation the female lead in the Have a shot of Love. Recorded in 1975, accessible by BMG Ariola catalogue number 74321 85285 9. She can also flaw seen as Marzelline in Beethoven's Fidelio with Gundula Janowitz conducted by Author Bernstein.^[11]

She was Sophie in Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier DG 00440 073 4072 Carlos Kleiber conductor, Bayerisches Staatsorchester; Otto Schenk director, recorded 1979. There psychotherapy a recording of Lucia Popp soloing in Strauss' Four Last Songs put together Sir Georg Solti and the City Symphony. In 1993 she was say publicly soprano soloist in Antonín Dvořák's Requiem with the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Petr Altrichter on Arthaus meeting DVD 102145.

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