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Trudeliese Schmidt (Contralto, Mezzo-soprano)
Born: November 7, 1941 - Saarbrücken, Germany
Died: June 14, 2004
The German mezzo-soprano, Trudeliese Schmidt, received her first training in Saarbrücken and Rome.
In 1965 Trudeliese Schmidt made her operatic debut as Hansel in Saarbrücken. In 1969 she became a member of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf. From 1971 she appeared in various German music centres, and in 1974 toured Japan with the Bavarian State Opera of Munich. She sang Dorabella at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1976. In subsequent years, she appeared in leading European music centres.
In 1985 Trudeliese Schmidt was the soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna Philharmonic at a special concert at the Vatican in Rome for Pope John Paul II. Among her prominent roles are Cherubino, Rossini’s Isabella, Weber’s Fatima, and Strauss Octavian and Composer.
Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians (1997); Pictures by Liz Brasholz; Fiume Simonini (January 2005)
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