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Christa Ludwig

1928 - 2021

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Christa Ludwig (16 March 1928 – 24 April 2021) was a German mezzo-soprano and sometime dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symphonic literature. Her performing career spanned almost half a century, from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. She sang at many international opera houses and festivals, including at the Vienna State Opera from 1955 to 1994, and at the Metropolitan Opera in many roles. She is remembered for roles such as Mozart's Dorabella, Beethoven's Leonore in Fidelio, Wagner's Kundry, and both Octavian and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christa Ludwig is the 290th most popular singer (up from 369th in 2019), the 1,394th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,782nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Christa Ludwig ranks 290 out of 4,381. Before her are Elis Regina, Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Morten Harket, Muslim Magomayev, Kim Carnes, and Mohammed Abdel Wahab. After her are Connie Francis, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Peng Liyuan, André Claveau, Travis Scott, and Jimmy Cliff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Christa Ludwig ranks 101. Before her are Erik Bruhn, Marco Ferreri, Hubert Selby Jr., Hans Blix, Arman, and Roddy McDowall. After her are Ernest Simoni, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Đorđe Martinović incident, Michel Serrault, Fats Domino, and Bernard Buffet. Among people deceased in 2021, Christa Ludwig ranks 95. Before her are George Jung, Carolyn S. Shoemaker, John McAfee, Richard Donner, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, and Ronald DeFeo Jr.. After her are Abdelkader Bensalah, Max Mosley, Manuel Santana, Bertrand Tavernier, Kentaro Miura, and Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christa Ludwig ranks 1,394 out of 7,253. Before her are Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153), Günther Korten (1898), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), and Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676). After her are Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Hildegard Knef (1925), Widukind of Corvey (925), Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), and Anselm Feuerbach (1829).

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Among SINGERS In Germany

Among singers born in Germany, Christa Ludwig ranks 14. Before her are Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925), Anna Magdalena Bach (1701), Marian Gold (1954), Ivan Rebroff (1931), Nena (1960), and Udo Dirkschneider (1952). After her are Tarkan (1972), Fancy (1946), Wolf Biermann (1936), Fritz Wunderlich (1930), Franzl Lang (1930), and Heino (1938).

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