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Remembering Christa Ludwig, The Master Singer Of Opera And Song
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Classical music fans are mourning the loss of Christa Ludwig, seen in 1965, known for her versatility and the warmth of her voice. She died at her home in Austria on April 24 at age 93.
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Classical music fans are mourning the loss of Christa Ludwig, the beloved German mezzo-soprano celebrated both for her versatility and the warmth of her voice. She died at her home in Austria on April 24 at age 93.
Ludwig embraced a broad range of opera roles, with her silken tones, from the battered mistress Marie in Alban Berg s modernist
German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig, circa 1965.
Classical music fans are mourning the loss of Christa Ludwig, the beloved German mezzo-soprano celebrated both for her versatility and the warmth of her voice. She died at her home in Austria on April 24 at age 93.
Ludwig embraced a broad range of opera roles, with her silken tones, from the battered mistress Marie in Alban Berg s modernist
Wozzeck, to the cheeky pageboy Cherubino in Mozart s
Marriage of Figaro.
In a career that lasted nearly five decades, Ludwig made singing sound easy, says Anne Midgette, former classical music critic at the Washington Post. When you listen to Ludwig it sounds like effortless pure music, and that is the byproduct of an exemplary technique. There s a tremendous amount to be learned from that alone.