Hildegard Hillebrecht From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia German operatic soprano Hildegard Hillebrecht (26 November 1925 – 7 October 2018) was a German operatic soprano.[1] Commercial videography Born in Hanover, Hillebrecht studied singing after attending medical school and made her in the role of Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore.[2] She sang at the Zürich Opera House from 1952-1954, in Düsseldorf from 1954 to 1959 and at the Bayerische Staatsoper from 1961. She performed regularly at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and participated in many festivals including Salzburg and Munich.[3][4] Among Hillebrecht's commercial recordings are Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos (with Jess Thomas, conducted by Karl Böhm, 1969) and Busoni's Doktor Faust (with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and William Cochran, 1969), both on Deutsche Grammophon. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (Grist, Jurinac, Thomas; Böhm, Rennert, 1965) [live] References ↑ "Hildegard Hillebrecht". Opera Lounge (in German). 2018-10-15. Retrieved 2019-01-18. ↑ "Biography". operissimo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2019-01-18. ↑ "Hildegard Hillebrecht - Biografie WHO'S WHO". www.whoswho.de. Retrieved 2019-01-18. ↑ "Hillebrecht, Hildegard (1927), Sopranistin BMLO". bmlo.de. Retrieved 2019-01-18. External links Hildegard Hillebrecht discography at Discogs Portals: Opera Germany Authority control databases InternationalISNIVIAFWorldCatNationalGermanyUnited StatesFranceBnF dataCzech RepublicNorwayPolandArtistsMusicBrainzPeopleDeutsche BiographieOtherIdRef This article about a German opera singer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte Related Articles
