Opera Star Christa Ludwig Passed Away at 93
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Officials at the Vienna State Opera have announced that the mezzo-soprano, who made her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1959, died at her home in Austria. Apr 27, 2021
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Mezzo-soprano
Christa Ludwig has died, aged 93. Her death at her home in Austria was announced on Sunday, April 25 by officials at the Vienna State Opera.
Born in Berlin, Germany in 1928, Ludwig made her opera debut in
Johann Strauss II s Die Fledermaus in 1946 at Oper Frankfurt and went on to appear at the Staatstheater Darmstadt and Staatsoper Hannover before her breakthrough in Vienna.