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Don Giovanni Act I Don Ottavio! Or Sai Chi L' Onore by Frida Leider

Artist Biography For Frida Leider

Frida Leider April 18 1888 - June 4 1975 Was A German Opera Singer. Leider Was One Of The Most Important Dramatic Sopranos Of The 20th Century. Her Most Famous Roles Were Wagner's Isolde And Brünnhilde Beethoven's Fidelio Mozart's Donna Anna And Verdi's Aida And Leonora. She Made Over 80 Recordings Mainly For Polydor And HMV. Frida Leider Was Born At Berlin Where She Studied Singing While Working In A Bank. Her First Engagements Led Her To Opera Houses In Halle Königsberg And Rostock. After An Engagement With The Hamburg State Opera In 1923 She Was Hired By The Berlin State Opera As First Dramatic Soprano. After Her Retirement From The Stage In 1946 She Remained There As The Director And Manager Of A Studio For The Rising Singers Of The Berlin State Opera. Frida Leider Made Regular Guest Appearances For Over 15 Years At The Royal Opera House At Covent Garden In London At The Metropolitan Opera In New York At La Scala In Milan And At The State Operas Of Vienna And Munich. Naturally She Also Made Appearances At The Bayreuth Festival Where She Was The Unrivaled Star Soprano Of The 1930s. In The 1920s She Alternated Wagnerian Roles With Florence Austral At Covent Garden And The Two Recorded Large Parts Of The Ring For HMV. Leider Married The First Concert Master Of The Berlin State Opera Prof. Rudolf Deman. The Couple Had No Children. She Died In Her Home City Of Berlin. Today The Singer's Estate Is Managed By The Frida-Leider-Gesellschaft Which Is Located In Berlin.
Autobiography Frida Leider's Autobiography Playing My Part Was Translated Into English By Charles Osborne And Published In London By Calder And Boyars In 1966. It Includes 32 Black And White Photographs And A Discography By Harold Burros.

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