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Edda Moser | |
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 Moser in 2016 | |
| Born | (1938-10-27)27 October 1938 (age 87) |
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| Years active | 1962–present |
| Organisation(s) | Vienna State Opera Hochschule für Musik Köln Festspiel der Deutschen Sprache |
| Known for | Der Hölle Rache on theVoyager Golden Record |
| Father | Hans Joachim Moser |
| Website | www |
Edda Moser (born 27 October 1938) is a German operaticsoprano. She was particularly well known for her interpretations of music byMozart. Her 1973 recitalLPVirtuose Arien von W.A. Mozart received theGrand Prix du Disque.
Moser was born in Berlin, the daughter of the musicologistHans Joachim Moser. She is aunt to cellistJohannes Moser and pianist Benjamin Moser. She studied at theStern Conservatory withHermann Weißenborn and Gerty König and made her debut as Kate Pinkerton inMadama Butterfly at theDeutsche Oper Berlin in 1962. After singing in theWürzburg Opera Chorus from 1962 until 1963, she sang at the opera houses inHagen,Bielefeld,Hamburg andFrankfurt, before joining theVienna State Opera in 1971. She also sang inSalzburg.[1]
She made her American debut in November 1968, when she appeared at theMetropolitan Opera in the role of Wellgunde inDas Rheingold. She went on to sing various roles there over nine seasons, including the parts of Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) and the Queen of the Night (The Magic Flute), as well as Liù in Puccini'sTurandot.
She maintained an extensive repertoire, singing both coloratura andspinto soprano roles. She played Donna Anna inJoseph Losey's movieDon Giovanni. She was one of the original performers ofHans Werner Henze'soratorioDas Floß der Medusa which she created on disc because the intended premiere in Hamburg was cancelled after aclassical music riot.
Opera News has said in a review of a series of recordings made in the 1980s that Moser could sing with a "finely controlled" legato."[2]
After retiring from opera, Moser remained active as a recitalist during the late 1990s. She gave several concerts in Germany withIvan Törzs at the piano (Dresden,Semperoper 1997,Stadttheater Gießen (1999) with programs ranging fromJohann Adolph Hasse toClara Schumann andRichard Strauss. She gave her farewell performance in Munich in 1999 at theCuvilliés Theatre.
Edda Moser is involved in promoting the use of proper German instead ofDenglisch. In 2006 she founded the yearlyFestspiel der Deutschen Sprache [de] (Festival of German language). Three CDs documenting this festival have appeared thus far at the German publishing houseBastei Lübbe. She was also a professor of singing at theHochschule für Musik in Cologne.[citation needed]
A recording by Moser of "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" fromThe Magic Flute was included on theVoyager Golden Record.[3]
Live recordings
Anthologies
Various albums on EMI withLieder by Robert Schumann (Frauenliebe und -leben),Clara Schumann (Drei Lieder nach Friedrich Rückert), Brahms, Wolf (Mignon Lieder), Strauss (Brentano Lieder,Ophelia Lieder), Pfitzner and Schubert.
Symphonies
Spoken word
