Elisabeth SchäRtel

Biography

Elisabeth Schärtel (6 October 1919 – 24 August 2012) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto. A member of the Cologne Opera from 1959 to 1967, she performed leading parts at major European opera houses and regularly at the Bayreuth Festival.

Bio from Wikipedia

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

205 releases · 33 albums · active 1955–2023

  • Performance · 216
  • Other credits · 15

Studios: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth · Bayreuther Festspiele · Großer Saal, Wiener Musikverein · Redoutensaal, Vienna

Frequent collaborators

  • Richard Wagner
  • Wagner
  • Various
  • Johann Strauß
  • R. Strauss
  • Rundfunkchor Leipzig
  • Max Lorenz (2)
  • Bernd Alois Zimmermann

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