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 Jan 1, 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 Jan 1, 1960
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J.S. Bach: Magnificat In D Major, BWV 243
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on Aug 1, 1962
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Dvořák: Requiem (Karel Ančerl Edition, Vol. 6)
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Jan 1, 1959
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Bruckner: Te Deum; Motetten; 150. Psalm
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jun 15, 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 Jan 1, 1958
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Bach : Cantata BWV 140 - Magnificat BWV 243
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1979
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1954
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Maria Stader: Essentials
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Apr 26, 2019
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Bruckner: Grosse Messe Nr.3; drei Motetten
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2003
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Cherubini: Requiem in D Minor
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 1999
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Mozart: Arias
Maria Stader, Camerata Salzburg, Bernhard Paumgartner
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jul 1, 1962
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Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Great" (Live)
Classical - Released by Orfeo on Aug 31, 2018
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Süßer Die Glocken Nie Klingen (Classical German Christmas Songs)
Classical - Released by Season's Greetings on Jan 1, 2012
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Rossini: Stabat Mater
Maria Stader, Kim Borg, RIAS Symphonie-Orchester, Ferenc Fricsay
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Feb 1, 1955
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BRAHMS: Deutsches Requiem, Ein (A German Requiem), Op. 45
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 1, 2000
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Mozart · Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Maria Stader, Ernst Haeflinger, Ferenc Fricsay, Rias-Kammerchor Und Rias-Sinfonieorchester
Classical - Released by G.O.P. on Nov 30, 2023
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Verdi · Messa da Requiem
Classical - Released by G.O.P. on Dec 8, 2023
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Dvořák: Requiem (Karel Ančerl Edition, Vol. 6)
Classical - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on Jan 1, 1959
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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Live)
Choeur de la RTF, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Orchestre National De Paris, Paul Kletzki
Classical - Released by Archipel on Mar 8, 2012
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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 Jan 1, 1958
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