Judith Hellwig

Judith Hellwig (19 August 1906 – 25 January 1993) was an Austrian operatic soprano.[1]

Career

Born in Neusohl, (today Banská Bystrica in Slovakia), Hellwig made her debut at the opera house in Saarbrücken. In 1938, she created the role of Ursula in Hindemith's Mathis der Maler at the Zürich Opera[2] which brought her international fame. Hellwig was of Jewish faith and had to go into exile in the United States as the Second World War approached, before moving to Buenos Aires. Back in Europe after the war, she was hired by the Vienna State Opera to which she remained attached until 1972.

Among her other outstanding roles was the voice of the falcon in Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten,[3] conducted by Karl Böhm in 1955. She was also Judith, very expressive despite the Hungarian diction efforts she had to make for the role, in Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle.

Hellwig died on 25 January 1993 in Vienna at age 86.

Sources

Booklet of CD ARL81-82, The Finest Records of Walter Susskind, vol. 1, Bluebeard's Castle, The Wooden Prince, Cantata Profana, New Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of London, Arlecchino.

References

Judith Hellwig on Who's Who
Piotr Kamiński (2003). Mille et un opéras. Les indispensables de la musique (in French). Fayard. p. 675. ISBN 978-2-2136-0017-8.
Judith Hellwig on Capriccio Kultur Forum

External links

Judith Hellwig at IMDb
Judith Hellwig discography at Discogs
Götterdämmerung, act 3: "War das sein Horn?" (Gutrune), audio on YouTube

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[1] Judith Hellwig on Who's Who

[2] Piotr Kamiński (2003). Mille et un opéras. Les indispensables de la musique (in French). Fayard. p. 675. ISBN 978-2-2136-0017-8.

[3] Judith Hellwig on Capriccio Kultur Forum