Edda Moser
Edda Moser became one of the most prominent and versatile sopranos in the latter decades of the twentieth century. She was effective in standard-repertory operatic roles, including those of Mozart, Wagner, and Puccini, as well as in modern music, singing works by Luigi Nono, Wolfgang Fortner, and Bernd Alois Zimmerman. Her voice has been described as powerful, able to negotiate both coloratura and lyrico-dramatic styles.
Moser was born in Berlin on October 27, 1938, the daughter of well-known musicologist (also novelist and composer of minor distinction) Hans Joachim Moser. Young Edda exhibited vocal talent by her early teens and went on to study at the Berlin Conservatory under Hermann Weissenborn and Gerty König. Her career began slowly, first with a minor role in 1962 at the Deutsche Oper (Kate Pinkerton in Puccini's Madama Butterfly), then retreating the following year to sing in the Würzburg Opera chorus.
She sang for smaller opera companies in Germany in the mid-'60s, then with the Frankfurt am Main Opera, from 1968 to 1971. It was also in 1968 that she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, singing Wellgunde in Wagner's Das Rheingold. During her stint in Frankfurt she also began making frequent appearances in Vienna and Salzburg, as well as in various major German cities.
Her appearances at the Metropolitan Opera became more frequent in the 1970s and early '80s: she sang eight different roles there during this period, and her portrayals, in particular, of Liu, from Puccini's Turandot; the Queen of the Night (Mozart's The Magic Flute); and Donna Anna (Mozart's Don Giovanni) generally drew high praise. The latter role became something of a signature item with New York audiences: she sang Donna Anna more times at the Met -- 48! -- than any other singer in history. She appeared nine seasons at the Met between 1968-1984.
While Moser has largely been associated with opera during her long career, she has distinguished herself in other vocal repertory, with performances and recordings in wide ranging fare, taking in such varied works as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis (recorded for DG, Leonard Bernstein conducting), Hans Werner Henze's Cantata della Fiaba Estrema (recorded for Orfeo, Leif Segerstam conducting), and lieder by Hans Pfitzner. Since the 1980s Edda Moser has curtailed operatic and recital activity, but many of her recordings have been reissued on EMI, DG, and other major labels.
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Discographie
11 album(s) • Trié par Meilleures ventes
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Beethoven: Mass In D, Op.123 "Missa Solemnis" (Live)
Edda Moser, Hanna Schwarz, René Kollo, Kurt Moll, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 18 juil. 1979
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Henze: Cantata of the ultimate fable - Muses of Sicily...
Classique - Paru chez Deutsche Grammophon (DG) le 1 janv. 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
MOZART, W.A.: Concert Arias (Moser, Dresden Staatskapelle, Blomstedt) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Abbe Gaetano Sertor - Ranieri de' Calzabigi)
Classique - Paru chez Berlin Classics le 1 janv. 1981
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
SCHUMANN, R.: Genoveva [Opera] (Moser)
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Peter Schreier, Kurt Masur
Intégrales d'opéra - Paru chez Eterna le 1 janv. 1978
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (KulturSpiegel - Eterna - Über Grenzen hinaus) [Live]
Symphonies - Paru chez Berlin Classics le 20 oct. 2010
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schubert: Lieder
Classique - Paru chez Warner Classics le 5 avr. 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Der heitere Schubert - Meisterwerke des Musikalischen Humors "Eine Schubertiade"
Edda Moser, Anneliese Rothenberger, Nicolai Gedda, Brigitte Fassbaender
Classique - Paru chez EMI le 25 mars 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann, Brahms, Wolf: Lieder (Edda Moser/Erik Werba)
Classique - Paru chez Parlophone Label Group le 5 avr. 2012
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Händel, Mozart, Gluck, Beethoven, Wagner: Opern-Recital (Edda Moser/Münchner Rundfunkorchester/Peter Schneider)
Opéra - Paru chez Parlophone Label Group le 5 avr. 2004
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Strauss & Pfitzner: Lieder (Edda Moser/Erik Werba)
Classique - Paru chez Parlophone Label Group le 5 avr. 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -