20 Facts About Wilma Lipp

Wilma Lipp was an Austrian operatic soprano and academic voice teacher.

Wilma Lipp was awarded the title Kammersangerin at age 28, and was an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera, among other honours.

Wilma Lipp made her stage debut in Vienna as Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville in 1943 in an open-air performance, and joined the Vienna State Opera in 1945.

Wilma Lipp won international attention as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflote in a 1948 performance conducted by Josef Krips.

Wilma Lipp sang the role then at La Scala in Milan, at the Paris Opera, in Hamburg and in Brussels, among others.

Wilma Lipp performed the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor with great success in Naples.

Wilma Lipp possessed a pure, supple high-soprano voice with an accurate coloratura technique and a so-called "white" tone.

Wilma Lipp made her United States debut as Nanetta in Verdi's Falstaff at the San Francisco Opera in 1962.

Wilma Lipp said that her years at this theatre were the "most happy" years of her life, because the acoustic was perfect for her as a young singer.

Wilma Lipp performed for nearly 40 years on stage, at the Vienna State Opera, around 1,200 evenings.

Wilma Lipp performed on many international opera houses, concert halls and festivals.

Wilma Lipp taught voice at the Mozarteum in Salzburg from 1982 to 1998.

Wilma Lipp then retired and lived with her husband in Bavaria.

Wilma Lipp's first recording was the Queen of the Night in 1949.

Wilma Lipp recorded this role with Karajan, Bohm, Krips, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Joseph Keilberth, and Wilhelm Schuchter.

Wilma Lipp recorded Pamina, Konstanze, Elvira and Ilia.

Wilma Lipp recorded operattas, both Adele and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss, Laura in Millocker's Der Bettelstudent, Pepi in Wiener Blut by Johann Strauss, Franzi in Ein Walzertraum by Oscar Straus, and the Briefchristl in Zeller's Der Vogelhandler.

Wilma Lipp recorded lieder recitals, Mozart's Requiem, and Ein deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms.

Wilma Lipp is well represented in live recordings and radio broadcasts such as Musetta, Nanetta, Martha, the title role in Donizetti's La fille du regiment, Marguerite in Gounod's Faust, and many masses and oratorios.

Wilma Lipp has appeared on TV and in films such as Unsterblicher Mozart, The House of Three Girls, The Cardinal and The Salzburg Festival.