Irmgard Seefried (9 October 1919 – 24 November 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera, sacred music, and lieder. Maria Theresia Irmgard Seefried was born on 9 October 1919 in Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany, the daughter of educated Austrian-born parents. Her father taught high school, and he began to give her piano lessons and vocal lessons when she was five years old. She studied at Augsburg University before making her debut in Aachen as the priestess in Verdi's Aida in 1940. She began to sing leading parts in 1942 (Agathe in Weber's Der Freischütz in 1942, an
Irmgard Seefried (9 October 1919 – 24 November 1988) was a distinguished German soprano who sang opera, sacred music, and lieder. Maria Theresia Irmgard Seefried was born on 9 October 1919 in Köngetried, near Mindelheim, Bavaria, Germany, the daughter of educated Austrian-born parents. Her father taught high school, and he began to give her piano lessons and vocal lessons when she was five years old. She studied at Augsburg University before making her debut in Aachen as the priestess in Verdi's Aida in 1940. She began to sing leading parts in 1942 (Agathe in Weber's Der Freischütz in 1942, and the next year she made her debut at Vienna State Opera with Eva in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg conducted by Karl Böhm). From then on, she remained with the State Opera until her retirement in 1976. She sang at the Salzburg Festival every year from 1946 to 1964 (except 1955, 1961 and 1962) in operas (Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Pamina in The Magic Flute, Marzelline in Fidelio and the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos), concerts and recitals. She appeared at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London…
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Bibliography
The Last Prima Donnas, by Lanfranco Rasponi, Knopf, 1982. ISBN 0-394-52153-6
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Discography (Capon's Lists of Opera Recordings)
Celebrated musicians' concert tours of Southern Africa 1953–1978: Irmgard Seefried, Austrian Soprano. Irmgard Seefried 1968, on first of two acclaimed tours of southern Africa
