Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; “Glück, das mir verblieb“; DIE TOTE STADT; Erich Wolfgang Korngold

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ================ Elisabeth Schwarzkopf--soprano Wilhelm Schüchter--conductor NDR Orchester Hamburg 1952 =================== “Born: December 9, 1915 - Jarotchin, near Posen, Germany Died: August 3, 2006 - Schruns, Austria The celebrated German-born English soprano, (Olga Maria) Elisabeth (Friederike) Schwarzkopf, was the daughter of Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth Fröhling. From the very beginning, Elisabeth showed an interest in persuing a career in music. She performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Orfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany. She was also in demand in concerts and local amateur performances. In 1934, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf applied for entrance to the Berlin Hochschule für Musik and was accepted. Elisabeth began studying with Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, who began training Elisabeth as a mezzo-soprano. Elisabeth