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Frida Leider war eine der bedeutendsten Opernsängerinnen der 1920er und 1930er Jahre. Vor allem Wagners große Partien hatten es ihr angetan.

Der Todestag der Sängerin Frida Leider (4.6.1975)

Es war Frida Leiders persönliche Tragik, dass ausgerechnet die Welt Wagners, der sie sich auch geistig verbunden fühlte, von den Nationalsozialisten vereinnahmt wurde. Dabei hat sie an ihrem Stammhaus, der Berliner Staatsoper, aber auch an der Met, der Scala und in Wien ein breites Repertoire von Mozart bis zu Verdi und Puccini mit ihrem leuchtenden, intensiven Sopran geadelt. Autor: Michael Struck-Schloen

Frida Leider, Sopranistin (Todestag 04.06.1975)

More superb singing from the great Frida Leider. As I had said, sometimes a great singer "escapes" notice, owing to all there is,but here we have some more excerpts from her repertory. 1. Oberon  "Ozean,du Ungeheuer 2. The Wagner Wesendonck Songs 3. Ariadne  "Est gibt ein Reich" 4. Don Giovanni  "Or sai chi l'onore 5. Schubert: Erlkonig and Auf dem Wasser zu singen 6. Schumann   Widmung 7.Tristan und Isolde   Liebestod

More superb singing from the great Frida Leider. As I had said, sometimes a great singer "escapes" notice, owing to all there is,but here we have some more excerpts from her repertory. 1. Oberon  "Ozean,du Ungeheuer 2. The Wagner Wesendonck Songs 3. Ariadne  "Est gibt ein Reich" 4. Don Giovanni  "Or sai chi l'onore 5. Schubert: Erlkonig and Auf dem Wasser zu singen 6. Schumann   Widmung 7.Tristan und Isolde   Liebestod

Frida Leider, Vol.2

Frida Leider was born at Berlin, where she studied singing while working in a bank. Her first engagements led her to opera houses in Halle, Königsberg, and Rostock. After an engagement with the Hamburg State Opera in 1923, she was hired by the Berlin State Opera as first dramatic soprano. After her retirement from the stage in 1946, she remained there as the director and manager of a studio for the rising singers of the Berlin State Opera. Frida Leider made regular guest appearances for over 15 years at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at La Scala in Milan, and at the State Operas of Vienna and Munich. Naturally, she also made appearances at the Bayreuth Festival, where she was the unrivaled star soprano of the 1930s. In the 1920s she alternated Wagnerian roles with Florence Austral at Covent Garden and the two recorded large parts of The Ring for HMV. Leider married the first concert master of the Berlin State Opera, Prof. Rudolf Deman. The couple had no children. She died in her home city of Berlin.  Leider had a wonderful voice, and especially the warmth and feeling is there. We hear first two excerpts of two commercial recordings of Tristan from 1929 under Leo Blech, with Elfreide Marherr as Brangaene, and then under Sir John Barbirolli in 1931. This is followed by live Gotterdamerung  Act 2 scenes from 1936 with Herbert Janssen and Ludwig Weber, followed by a commercial recording of the Immolation Scene in 1929 under Leo Blech.

Frida Leider was born at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berlin</a>, where she studied singing while working in a bank. Her first engagements led her to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_house" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">opera houses</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle_Opera_House" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halle</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Königsberg</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rostock</a>. After an engagement with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_State_Opera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hamburg State Opera</a> in 1923, she was hired by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_State_Opera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Berlin State Opera</a> as first dramatic soprano. After her retirement from the stage in 1946, she remained there as the director and manager of a studio for the rising singers of the Berlin State Opera. Frida Leider made regular guest appearances for over 15 years at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Opera_House" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Royal Opera House at Covent Garden</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London</a>, at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Metropolitan Opera</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New York</a>, at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Scala" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Scala</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Milan</a>, and at the State Operas of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_State_Opera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vienna</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_State_Opera" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Munich</a>. Naturally, she also made appearances at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth_Festival" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bayreuth Festival</a>, where she was the unrivaled star soprano of the 1930s. In the 1920s she alternated Wagnerian roles with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Austral" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Florence Austral</a> at Covent Garden and the two recorded large parts of The Ring for HMV. Leider married the first concert master of the Berlin State Opera, Prof. Rudolf Deman. The couple had no children. She died in her home city of Berlin. Leider had a wonderful voice, and especially the warmth and feeling is there. We hear first two excerpts of two commercial recordings of Tristan from 1929 under Leo Blech, with Elfreide Marherr as Brangaene, and then under Sir John Barbirolli in 1931. This is followed by live Gotterdamerung  Act 2 scenes from 1936 with Herbert Janssen and Ludwig Weber, followed by a commercial recording of the Immolation Scene in 1929 under Leo Blech.

Frida Leider in Wagner