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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
real name Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf
German-born Austrian/British soprano
Poland · 1915-12-09 – 2006-08-03
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is credited on 2,546 releases across 274 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
2,546
Credits
274
Albums
8
Decades active
6
In collections
Biography
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Soprano Vocalist, born in Jarotschin in the province of Posen in Prussia, German Empire, on 09 December 1915.
She died in her sleep during the night of 2–3 August 2006 at her home in the village of Schruns, in Vorarlberg, Western Austria, aged 90.
She married Walter Legge on 19 October 1953.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
2,546 releases · 274 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 3,334
- Other credits · 43
- Production · 1
Studios: Kingsway Hall · Festspielhaus, Bayreuth · Abbey Road Studios · Salzburger Festspiele
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Mozart
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Beethoven
- Richard Strauss
- Mahler
- Schubert
- Brahms
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