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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1915 - 2006

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Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, (German: [eˌliːzabɛt ˈʃvaʁt͡skɔp͡f] ; 9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano. She was among the foremost singers of lieder, and is renowned for her performances of Viennese operetta, as well as the operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss. After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher internationally. She is considered one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is the 184th most popular singer (down from 154th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Poland (down from 185th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Singer.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was a German soprano. She was most famous for her opera and lieder performances.

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Among singers, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 184 out of 4,381. Before her are Renata Tebaldi, Roberta Flack, Boris Christoff, Drake, Chris Norman, and Zarah Leander. After her are Billy Joel, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Roberto Carlos, Chris Rea, Birgit Nilsson, and Robbie Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 38. Before her are Robert Hofstadter, Curd Jürgens, Les Paul, Henry Taube, Geraldine of Albania, and Paul Tibbets. After her are Albert O. Hirschman, Helmut Schön, Thomas Huckle Weller, Modibo Keïta, Aziz Nesin, and Brother Roger. Among people deceased in 2006, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 43. Before her are Clifford Geertz, Seymour Martin Lipset, Claude Jade, Romano Mussolini, Telmo Zarra, and Markus Wolf. After her are Steve Irwin, Zoia Ceaușescu, Karel Appel, Ed Bradley, Ahmet Ertegun, and Nam June Paik.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 194 out of 1,694. Before her are Casimir I the Restorer (1016), Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Marian Rejewski (1905), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Helena Rubinstein (1872), and Heinrich Rickert (1863). After her are Daniel Libeskind (1946), Ernst Kummer (1810), Samuel Reshevsky (1911), Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770), Stanisław Dziwisz (1939), and Siegbert Tarrasch (1862).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 1. After her are Marek Grechuta (1945), Justyna Steczkowska (1972), Maryla Rodowicz (1945), Miliza Korjus (1905), Basia (1954), Katja Ebstein (1945), Jan Kiepura (1902), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Chava Alberstein (1946), Anna Jantar (1950), and Urszula Dudziak (1943).

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