Rita Streich
Rita Streich, a light lyric coloratura, was the child of a Russian mother and a German prisoner-of-war father. Circuitously, the family made its way to Berlin where Streich grew up, and studied with Maria Ivogün, Erna Berger, and Willi Domgraf-Fassbänder (the father of Brigitte, and Germany's leading Papageno between wars). She made her debut in 1943 at Aussig (today Ústí nad Labem on the northern border of the Czech Republic), singing Zerbinetta in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos. In 1946, she became a member of the Berlin Staatsoper in the Unter den Linden, featured as Blonde in Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio and Olympia in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann. There, until 1951, she also sang Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Gilda in Rigoletto, and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. During two subsequent seasons at the Städtische Oper, temporarily relocated in the Theater des Westens, she sang Zerbinetta, Konstanze this time in The Seraglio, and the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute. In 1952 - 1953 she was the Woodbird in Wagner's Siegfried at the reopened Bayreuth Festival, then joined the Vienna State Opera, where she remained a member until her retirement from the stage in 1972. Streich made frequent guest appearances at Munich, however, and in 1954 debuted at London (Zerlina and Susanna, in Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Marriage of Figaro, respectively), the Salzburg Festival (as Aennchen in Der Freischütz under Furtwängler), and Rome (Sophie again). La Scala came later on.
The soprano made her U.S. debut in 1957 at San Francisco, singing two performances each as Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte, Zerbinetta in Ariadne, and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. She returned in 1959 for two more Zerbinettas, but in 1960 switched to the Chicago Lyric Opera -- a house too capacious for her voice. She appeared three times as Susanna in Figaro, and repeated the role in 1962, adding three more performances as Amor in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice. These were her last American opera appearances. Her voice was a small instrument for all the purity and technical control, better suited to a small theater such as Glyndebourne, where she appeared for the first time in 1958 as Zerbinetta. During the 1950s, Streich became a best-selling name on recordings as Zerbinetta, Sophie, Susanna, Aennchen, Adele in Die Fledermaus, and Blonde, but especially on recital discs that included coloratura stunt-fluff as well as music by Mozart, Schubert, Wolf, Richard Strauss, even Milhaud -- most carefully chosen for the fach and size of her voice, although not always temperamentally suitable.
In the 1960s ,she appeared in Viennese operettas as well as operatic repertory, generously documented on German broadcast tapes of live performances. Streich retired from the stage in 1972 to teach at Essen, but returned four years later to Vienna, where she continued to teach, and where she died at the age of sixty-six. In the 1950s, and for some years after, she was considered the foremost German coloratura of her generation, often likened to her ageless teacher Erna Berger.
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Rita Streich - Folksongs & Lullabies
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/01/1999
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J. Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron
Grace Bumbry, Rita Streich, Nicolai Gedda, Franz Allers, Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Opera - Lançado por Warner Classics em 30/06/2023
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The Very Best of Mozart's The Magic Flute
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Ernest Haefliger, Rita Streich
Opera - Lançado por Past Classics em 21/04/2013
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Rita Streich - The Viennese Nightingale
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg em 01/01/2003
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Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla - Highlights (Sung in German)
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/09/1964
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Rita Streich - Waltzes and Arias
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/01/1998
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Rita Streich sings Immortal Melodies
Rita Streich, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kurt Gaebel
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/01/1958
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The Art of Rita Streich
Classical - Lançado por UME - Global Clearing House em 01/08/2020
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Schubert: Le pâtre sur le rocher (Mono Version)
Rita Streich, Heinrich Geuser, Michael Raucheisen
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1958
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Mozart: Symphony Nos. 26 & 30; Divertimento, K. 136; Arias
Rita Streich, Camerata Salzburg, Bernhard Paumgartner
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/01/1961
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Rita Streich singt Opern-Arien
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/01/2010
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Rita Streich sings Mozart Opera Arias 2
Rita Streich, Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester
Classical - Lançado por G.O.P. em 31/05/2023
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Mozart: L'enlèvement au sérail (Mono Version)
Rita Streich, Ernst Haefliger, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester, Ferenc Fricsay
Miscellaneous - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1900
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Rheinberger: Der Stern von Bethlehem, Op. 164
Rita Streich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Symphonieorchester Graunke, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Robert Heger
Classical - Lançado por Carus em 01/12/1987
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Rita Streich - Königin der Koloratur, Vol. 9
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por Documents 2 em 13/12/2014
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Mono Version)
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rita Streich
Classical - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/11/1955
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Vom Himmel hoch...
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Rita Streich, Elisabeth Grümmer, Erna Berger
Christmas Music - Lançado por audite Musikproduktion em 13/11/2015
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Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles (1950)
Classical - Lançado por Walhall Eternity Series em 01/07/2014
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Mozart · die zauberflöte
Rita Streich, Josef Greindl, Ferenc Fricsay, RIAS-Symphonie-Orcheste
Classical - Lançado por G.O.P. em 01/11/1955
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Anthologie du Lied, vol. 2 (Mono Version)
Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Classical - Lançado por BNF Collection em 01/01/1958
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Puccini: La Bohème - Highlights (Sung in German)
Classical - Lançado por Deutsche Grammophon (DG) em 01/08/1961
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