1. Marga Schiml was born on 29 November 1945 and is a German opera singer who sings mezzo-soprano and alto.
10 Facts About Marga Schiml
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Marga Schiml has appeared at major European opera houses and festivals, such as the Vienna State Opera, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Hamburg State Opera and La Scala, at the Salzburg Festival and the Bayreuth Festival.
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Marga Schiml appears in the three parts on the DVD of the production.
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Marga Schiml appeared at La Scala as Dorabella in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, conducted by Karl Bohm.
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Marga Schiml performed the part of Fricka in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at the Teatro Regio in Turin in 1986, and Annina in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino in 1989.
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Marga Schiml performed Bach's Christmas Oratorio and Mass in B minor, conducted by Karl Richter.
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Marga Schiml was a soloist in the ballet version of Bach's St Matthew Passion by John Neumeier in 1981, along with Peter Schreier as the Evangelist, Bernd Weikl as the vox Christi, Mitsuko Shirai and Franz Grundheber, conducted by Gunter Jena.
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Marga Schiml was a professor of voice at the Hochschule fur Musik Karlsruhe from 1987 onwards.
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Marga Schiml retired in 2011, but still trains young singers.
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Marga Schiml recorded masses by Mozart, masses by Carl Maria von Weber, and masses by Bruckner with Eugen Jochum.