Edith Mathis

Swiss operatic soprano (11 February 1938, Lucerne, Switzerland – 9 February 2025, Salzburg, Austria). Internationally renowned for, in particular, her interpretations of the works of Mozart. She was born in Lucerne, and made her operatic debut in 1956. Her first international appearance was in Cologne, 1959. She made frequent appearances at opera houses such as Glyndebourne, the Salzburg Festival, the Deutsche Oper Berlin (of which she was a member), Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera and the Opéra de Paris.
She recorded under many prestigious conductors, including Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Karl Böhm, Rafael Kubelík, Karl Richter, Eugen Jochum, Daniel Barenboim and Sir Neville Marriner, and is one of the most recorded artists of her time.
She married conductor Bernhard Klee, with whom she performed and recorded on several occasions. She died on 9 February 2025, two days before her 87th birthday.