Sieglinde Wagner

Sieglinde Wagner ( * April 21, 1921 in Linz, † December 31, 2003 in Berlin) was an Austrian contralto.

Wagner was born in Linz on the Danube. She studied in Linz and Munich. In 1947 she was first engaged at the Vienna State Opera, already taken two years later by Wilhelm Furtwängler at the Salzburg Festival, where she participated under his direction in the Magic Flute. Thanks to the successful cooperation undertook Furtwängler the young singer for Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at La Scala in Milan, where she appeared in the role of Floßhilde and Grimgerde.

1952 Sieglinde Wagner made ​​her first appearance at the former Municipal Opera in Berlin and introduced himself as Maddalena in Rigoletto ago. As Carmen she was here to experience for the first time on 17 December 1952. Unforgettable are the performances of Carl Ebert 's production of Mozart's Così fan tutte, where she stood on stage alongside Elisabeth Grummer as Dorabella.

Sieglinde Wagner has sung a wide repertoire, such as Clairon in Capriccio, Annina in Der Rosenkavalier, Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Fenena in Nabucco, Mother in Hansel and Gretel and Mary in The Flying Dutchman.

1963 was awarded Sieglinde Wagner from Berlin Senate the title Kammersängerin. She has worked many years at the Bayreuth Festival, Edinburgh, Glyndebourne and Salzburg, under such conductors as Otto Klemperer, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Clemens Krauss, Fritz Busch, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan and Wolfgang Sawallisch.

On the night of December 31, 2003 Sieglinde Wagner died in a Berlin hospital.

Sieglinde Wagner was for 34 years until 1986, one of the most influential figures of the ensemble of the Municipal Opera and later the Deutsche Oper Berlin.