German operatic soprano (born 1938)
Edda Moser
(born 27 October 1938) is a German operatic
soprano
. She was particularly well known for her interpretations of music by
Mozart
. Her 1973 recital
LP
Virtuose Arien von W.A. Mozart
received the
Grand Prix du Disque
.
Life and career
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Moser was born in Berlin, the daughter of the musicologist
Hans Joachim Moser
. She is aunt to cellist
Johannes Moser
and pianist Benjamin Moser. She studied at the
Stern Conservatory
with
Hermann Weißenborn
and Gerty Konig and made her debut as Kate Pinkerton in
Madama Butterfly
at the
Deutsche Oper Berlin
in 1962. After singing in the
Wurzburg Opera
Chorus from 1962 until 1963, she sang at the opera houses in
Hagen
,
Bielefeld
,
Hamburg
and
Frankfurt
, before joining the
Vienna State Opera
in 1971. She also sang in
Salzburg
.
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She made her American debut in November 1968, when she appeared at the
Metropolitan Opera
in the role of Wellgunde in
Das Rheingold
. She went on to sing various roles there over nine seasons, including the parts of Donna Anna (
Don Giovanni
) and the Queen of the Night (
The Magic Flute
), as well as Liu in Puccini's
Turandot
.
She maintained an extensive repertoire, singing both coloratura and
spinto soprano
roles. She played Donna Anna in
Joseph Losey
's movie
Don Giovanni
. She was one of the original performers of
Hans Werner Henze
's
oratorio
Das Floß der Medusa
which she created on disc because the intended premiere in Hamburg was cancelled after a
classical music riot
.
Opera News
has said in a review of a series of recordings made in the 1980s that Moser could sing with a "finely controlled" legato."
[2]
After retiring from opera, Moser remained active as a recitalist during the late 1990s. She gave several concerts in Germany with
Ivan Torzs
at the piano (Dresden,
Semperoper
1997,
Stadttheater Gießen
(1999) with programs ranging from
Johann Adolph Hasse
to
Clara Schumann
and
Richard Strauss
. She gave her farewell performance in Munich in 1999 at the
Cuvillies Theatre
.
Edda Moser is involved in promoting the use of proper German instead of
Denglisch
. In 2006 she founded the yearly
Festspiel der Deutschen Sprache
[
de
]
(Festival of German language). Three CDs documenting this festival have appeared thus far at the German publishing house
Bastei Lubbe
. She was also a professor of singing at the
Hochschule fur Musik
in Cologne.
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A recording by Moser of "
Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen
" from
The Magic Flute
was included on the
Voyager Golden Record
.
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Recordings
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Operas and operettas (studio recordings)
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Sacred music
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Concert arias and operatic recitals
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- Virtuose Arien von WA Mozart
,
Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich
,
EMI Electrola
1C 063-29 082 (1 LP, issued 1973)
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- Works:
- "
O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn
, recitative and aria for the Queen of the Night from
Die Zauberflote
- "Der Holle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen", aria for the Queen of the Night from
Die Zauberflote
- "
Popoli di Tessaglia!
", K. 316, recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
- "Crudele? ? Non mi dir, bell idol mio", recitative and aria for Donna Anna from
Don Giovanni
- "Ma che vi fece, o stelle ... Sperai vicino il lido", K. 368, recitative and aria for soprano and orchestra
- "Martern aller Arten" from
Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail
- Awards:
Grand Prix du Disque
; Schallplattenpreis der
Mozartgemeinde Wien
- Various other albums with Mozart Concert Arias on EMI and Berlin Classics (with
Jeanette Scovotti
)
- Mendelssohn
? "Infelice! Ah, ritorna, eta felice", Op. 94
- Opera Recital
, arias from
Tannhauser
,
Oberon
,
Ariadne auf Naxos
,
Alceste
,
Rinaldo
,
Iphigenie en Tauride
,
La clemenza di Tito
,
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
, conductor
Peter Schneider
- Wagner ? arias (Isolde, Brunnhilde) Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra, conductor
Anton Nanut
Live recordings
- Handel ?
Rinaldo
? Alcina (Met, 1984)
- Henze
?
Novae de infinito laudes
- Mozart ?
Don Giovanni
? Donna Anna (Met, 1971)
- Mozart ?
Mitridate
? Aspasia
- Verdi ?
Rigoletto
? Gilda
- Wagner ?
Die Walkure
, first act ? Sieglinde
- The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
(1983)
Anthologies
- Great Moments of ... Edda Moser
[EMI box set]
- Edda Moser singt Mozart
, EMI 2006
Other
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Various albums on EMI with
Lieder
by Robert Schumann (
Frauenliebe und -leben
),
Clara Schumann
(
Drei Lieder nach Friedrich Ruckert
), Brahms, Wolf (
Mignon Lieder
), Strauss (
Brentano Lieder
,
Ophelia Lieder
), Pfitzner and Schubert.
- Cavalieri
?
Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo
? Vita Mondana
- Henze ? Cantatas
Being Beauteous
,
Cantata della Fiaba Estrema
,
Whispers from Heavenly Death
- Henze ?
Das Floß der Medusa
? La Mort
- Haydn ?
Die Jahreszeiten
? Hanne
- Bruno Maderna
? Studi per 'Il processo' di Franz Kafka
- Schumann ?
Das Paradies und die Peri
? Die Peri
- Schumann ? "Des Sangers Fluch", Op. 139
- Schumann ?
Spanisches Liederspiel
,
Spanische Liebeslieder
,
Tragodie
,
Liebesfruhling
,
Minnespiel
Symphonies
- Beethoven ? 9th symphony
- Mahler ? 8th symphony
Spoken word
- Fairy tales for Christmas by Hans Christian Andersen
- Poems to the Moon (Mondgedichte)
Bibliography
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- Jurgen Kesting
,
Die großen Sanger
(vol. 2) 1986, pp. 1371–1375 "Tragische Scheuche: Edda Moser"
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