1. Hilde Zadek was Kammersangerin at the Vienna State Opera and performed internationally.
10 Facts About Hilde Zadek
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Hilde Zadek made her operatic debut on 3 February 1947 at the Vienna State Opera in the title role of Verdi's Aida to great acclaim; she remained with this theatre until 1971.
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Hilde Zadek's repertory included Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, Eva in his Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, and the title roles of Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride and Puccini's Tosca.
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Hilde Zadek took part in the world premiere of Carl Orff's Antigonae in 1949, and sang Magda Sorel in the local premiere in Vienna of Menotti's The Consul in 1950.
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Hilde Zadek appeared at the Munich State Opera and the Berlin State Opera.
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Hilde Zadek made guest appearances at the Royal Opera House in London, the Glyndebourne Festival and the Holland Festival, at the Paris Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, La Scala in Milan, and the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, etc.
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Hilde Zadek made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni on 26 November 1952.
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Hilde Zadek appeared at the San Francisco Opera and the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.
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Hilde Zadek left a notable recording of Donna Anna in a complete Don Giovanni, with conductor Rudolf Moralt, opposite George London, Leopold Simoneau and Sena Jurinac.
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Hilde Zadek died in Karlsruhe on 21 February 2019 at the age of 101.