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Luister naar Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": Vk. Mit Aufschwung, Aber Nicht Eilen - "O Schmerz, Du Alldurchdringer" van Barbara Hendricks, Leonard Bernstein, The Westminster Choir, Christa Ludwig, New York Philharmonic & Joseph Flummerfelt, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": Vk. Mit Aufschwung, Aber Nicht Eilen - "O Schmerz, Du Alldurchdringer"Barbara Hendricks, Leonard Bernstein, The Westminster Choir, Christa Ludwig, New York Philharmonic & Joseph Flummerfelt

Luister naar Norma, Act I: 'Casta Diva' van Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano & Tullio Serafin, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Norma, Act I: 'Casta Diva'Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig, Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano & Tullio Serafin

Luister naar Madama Butterfly / Act 1: "Sorride Vostro Onore?" van Christa Ludwig, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic, Luciano Pavarotti & Robert Kerns, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Madama Butterfly / Act 1: "Sorride Vostro Onore?"Christa Ludwig, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic, Luciano Pavarotti & Robert Kerns

Luister naar Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!" van Judith Hellwig, Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Léopold Simoneau, Christa Ludwig & Hilde Rössel-Majdan, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: "Zu Hilfe! Zu Hilfe!"Judith Hellwig, Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Léopold Simoneau, Christa Ludwig & Hilde Rössel-Majdan

Luister naar Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Christe Eleison van Gundula Janowitz, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic & Christa Ludwig, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Christe EleisonGundula Janowitz, Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic & Christa Ludwig

Luister naar Madama Butterfly / Act 1: "Viene la sera" van Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic, Mirella Freni & Christa Ludwig, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Madama Butterfly / Act 1: "Viene la sera"Luciano Pavarotti, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic, Mirella Freni & Christa Ludwig

Luister naar Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": Vj. Etwas Bewegter - "O Glaube, Mein Herz, O Glaube" van Barbara Hendricks, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Christa Ludwig, The Westminster Choir & Joseph Flummerfelt, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": Vj. Etwas Bewegter - "O Glaube, Mein Herz, O Glaube"Barbara Hendricks, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Christa Ludwig, The Westminster Choir & Joseph Flummerfelt

Luister naar Candide, Act I: I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango) van Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Candide, Act I: I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango)Christa Ludwig, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Leonard Bernstein

Luister naar Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": IV. Sehr Feierlich, Aber Schlicht - "O Röslein Rot" van Christa Ludwig, Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": IV. Sehr Feierlich, Aber Schlicht - "O Röslein Rot"Christa Ludwig, Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic

Luister naar Madama Butterfly: Una Nave Da Guerra.Scuoti Quelle Fronda van Mirella Freni, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic & Christa Ludwig, bekijk de songtekst, de muziekvideo en meer!

Madama Butterfly: Una Nave Da Guerra.Scuoti Quelle FrondaMirella Freni, Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Philharmonic & Christa Ludwig

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Luister naar 'Mozart: Cosi fan tutte, K.588, Act II: "résumé" - Single' van Orchestre Philharmonique de Vienne, Karl BÖHM, Christa Ludwig, Emmy Loose & Lisa della Casa

SINGLEMozart: Cosi fan tutte, K.588, Act II: "résumé" - SingleOrchestre Philharmonique de Vienne, Karl BÖHM, Christa Ludwig, Emmy Loose & Lisa della Casa

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Luister naar 'Christa Ludwig: Die ersten Aufnahmen & Die größten Welterfolge, Vol. 1' van Christa Ludwig, l'Orchestra della Scala di Milano, Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Karl Donch, Alberto Erede, Waldemar Kmentt, Tullio Serafin, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Luister naar 'Her First Recordings & the Greatest Successes, Vol. 5' van Christa Ludwig

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Luister naar 'Her First Recordings, Vol. 2' van Christa Ludwig

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Luister naar 'Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier' van Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Otto Edelmann, Christa Ludwig, Philharmonia Orchestra & Herbert von Karajan

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Christa Ludwig Essentials

This dramatic mezzo-soprano was a pure gravitational force.

Over Christa Ludwig

Woonplaats

Berlin, Germany

Geboren

1928

Genre

Classical

Christa Ludwig ranked among the elite in a golden era of postwar singing that, with hindsight, seems more glamorous than anything we’ve known since. And she wasn’t just admired but adored—with an intensity that grew through a career of almost half a century. Born in 1928 in Berlin, she started young, making her debut as an 18-year-old Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus (1874) in Frankfurt, where she learned her craft during the early 1950s. But from there, her homebase shifted to Vienna, with regular visits to Salzburg and the New York Met, where she sang cross-dressed "trouser" roles—Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier (1911)—with legendary casts under conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Essentially a mezzo, she encompassed dramatic soprano heights as Leonore in Fidelio (1805) and the Marschallin in Rosenkavalier, without losing the creamily voluptuous velvet sound that, combined with big projection and a sense of fun, made her a go-to singer for conductors like Böhm, Karajan, and Bernstein. In more intimate repertoire, German song became a speciality—few women have attempted Schubert’s Winterreise, let alone delivered it with such emotional authority. Another was Bach, with Ludwig singing the Passions and B minor Mass alongside starry names like Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and her husband Walter Berry (with whom she often shared a stage). Her death in 2021, aged 93, brought to an end one of the truly great careers of 20th-century singing.