Maria Stader
Blessed with a silvery lyric soprano, true in timbre and beautifully trained, Maria Stader was unable to enjoy the opera career she deserved. Only 4'9" in height, she was deemed too diminutive to be a viable figure on-stage. Thus, she was confined to recording congenial opera roles and to making concert appearances. Despite what some might have regarded as a setback, she achieved genuine celebrity and became an artist favored by many first-rank conductors. Orphaned in Hungary during WWI, Stader was brought by the International Red Cross to Switzerland, where she was adopted by fisherman Hans Stader. She began her music training near her home on the shores of Lake Constance. Later, she studied with Hans Keller in Karlsruhe, Germany, with the famous dramatic soprano Giannina Arangi-Lombardi in Milan and with Therese Schnabel in New York. She attracted international attention when she won first prize for singing in the Concourse International d'Execution Musicale in Geneva in 1939. After WWII, Stader taught at the Musikacademie in Zurich while at the same time launching a concert career. Recognized as an exemplary Mozart singer, she was heard in other parts of Europe, Africa and the Far East, and eventually, in the United States. A rare opera appearance presented her as the Queen of the Night at Covent Garden during the 1949-1950 season. One of four sopranos to sing the role in that production, Stader did not attract sufficient attention to bring about reengagement. Her first American appearances took place in 1954 when she sang with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Cleveland Orchestra. In 1956, she sang a series of concert performances in Israel of both Lucia di Lammermoor and Judas Maccabaeus under conductor Ferenc Fricsay. Among Stader's recordings, her Konstanze, Pamina, and Marzelline are attractive realizations. In the concert repertory, recordings of the Dvorák Requiem, several Mozart masses, and Mozart's Exsultate, jubilate are worthy examples of her art. Before her retirement in 1969, Stader published a text on the performance of Bach arias. During her career, she was honored with several awards, among them the Lilli Lehmann Medal, the Silver Mozart Medal (City of Salzburg), and the Austrian Order of Merit.
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Bach, J.S.: Mass In B Minor, BWV 232
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on 1 Jan 1962
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Mozart : Grande Messe in C Minor, K. 427 (Diapason n°608)
Sacred Vocal Music - Released by Les Indispensables de Diapason on 1 Jan 1960
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J.S. Bach: Magnificat In D Major, BWV 243
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on 1 Aug 1962
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Dvořák: Requiem (Karel Ančerl Edition, Vol. 6)
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1959
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Bruckner: Te Deum; Motetten; 150. Psalm
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 15 Jun 1999
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Verdi: La traviata (Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt Edition 2, Vol. 11)
Maria Stader, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 Jan 1958
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Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Mono Version)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1961
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Bach : Cantata BWV 140 - Magnificat BWV 243
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1979
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1954
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Maria Stader: Essentials
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 26 Apr 2019
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Maria Stader - In dulci jubilo
Maria Stader, Instrumental Ensemble, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Nov 1962
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Bruckner: Grosse Messe Nr.3; drei Motetten
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 2003
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Mozart: Grosse Messe, K. 427 (Stereo Version)
Maria Stader, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1960
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Cherubini: Requiem in D Minor
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jan 1999
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Verdi: La traviata (German Version, Stereo Version)
Maria Stader, Ernst Haefliger, NDR Sinfonieorchester, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
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Charles Gounod: Margaret [Faust] (In German, Excerpts) (1957)
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Ferdinand Leitner, Maria Stader
Classical - Released by Classical Moments on 1 Jan 1958
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Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Nan Merriman Recitals
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nan Merriman, Maria Stader
Symphonic Music - Released by Intermusic S.A. on 26 Aug 2015
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Bach: Cantates BWV 51 & 202 (Mono Version)
Orchestre -Bach de Munich, Karl Richter, Maria Stader
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1959
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Mozart: Arias
Maria Stader, Camerata Salzburg, Bernhard Paumgartner
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Jul 1962
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51 Jauchzet Gott In Allen Landen - Hochzeitskantate, BWV 202 Weichet Nur, Betrübte Schatten (Album of 1959)
Maria Stader, Orchestre -Bach de Munich, Karl Richter
Classical - Released by Casta Diva on 1 Jan 1959
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Mahler, G.: Symphony No. 2 (Walter) (1957)
Maria Stader, Maureen Forrester, Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic, Bruno Walter
Classical - Released by Music and Arts Programs of America on 4 Jun 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo