Born: 1919 - Marosvársárhel (Siebenbürgen), Hungary
Died: 2002

The Hungarian soprano, Magda Lászlò, studied at the Budapest Academy of Music and with Irene Stowasser.

In 1943 Magda Lászlò made her operatic debut at the Budapest Opera, where she sang leading roles until 1946. She followed that by engagements with the principal opera companies of Italy. Subsequent tours of France, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, and England established her international reputation. Because her repertoire embraces a remarkable range from Lieder and ancient arias to the music of modern composers, she has participated in all the leading European music festivals including the Glyndebourne Festival, the Contemporary Music Festival at Frankfurt, the Italian Radio cycle 'The Greatest International Interpreters of Vocal Music', the Festival of Bergamo, and the Festival of Sacred Music at Perugia.

Magda Lászlò made her American debut at the Camera concert at Town Hall, New York, and has appeared at the Ogai Festival with Stravinsky, with the Chicago Symphony under Reiner and on special broadcasts of the CBC in Canada. During the 1950’s she was Hermann Scherchen’s favourite soprano for his recordings of Bach Cantatas and other vocal works.

Source: Liner notes to Westminster LP XWN-18396 (Scherchen - Cantata BWV 210); Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997); Ruud Janssen (February 2006)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2001); Teddy Kaufman (January 2007 - photos)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Hermann Scherchen

Soprano

BWV 32, BWV 76, BWV 84, BWV 106, BWV 140, BWV 198, BWV 210, BWV 244

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Magda László (Isoldes Liebestod) [German]

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