Munich mourns a soprano, 92
mainBavarian State Opera has announced the death of Hildegard Hillebrecht-Stöhr, a member of the company who enjoyed a varied international career.
She sang in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bayreuth, Berlin, Bordeaux, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Dresden, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Edinburgh, Freiburg/Breisgau, Geneva, Hamburg, Helsinki, Köln, Copenhagen, London, Los Angeles, München, New York, Niederlande, Nizza, Paris, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Salzburg, San Francisco, Strasbourg, Stuttgart, Tunis, Venedig, Vienna, and Zürich.
I used to own some CDs featuring her–Don Giovanni, I think, and maybe Ariadne auf Naxos and something of Wagners. As I recall, she suffered from wobble and uncertain pitch, pretty consistently.
Your recall is sadly spot on Ted.
Is Venedig Venice? Nizza Nice? Niederlande The Netherlands?
no Venedig is German for New York, Nizza for Bangladesh and Niederlande for Garry, Indiana.
I’ve heard her many times. What a wonderful voice.