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Edith Mathis (born February 11, 1938, Lucerne) was a Swiss soprano. She studied in Lucerne and debuted there in 1956 in The Magic Flute. Mozart would remain one of her specialties, withher roles including Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Cosi fan tutte and Pamina in The Magic Flute. Other roles she sang include Sophie and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Agathe and Aennchen in Der Freischütz, and she sang in the premières of von Einem's Der Zerissene, Henze's Der Junge Lord and Sutermeister's Le Roi Berénger. She was also a singer of oratorios and Lieder. February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within Switzerland View of the city from Lake Lucerne Another view across Lake Lucerne The Lion Monument Lucerne (German: (help· info)) is a city in Central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (December 31, 2003), capital of the Canton of Lucerne. ... Die Zauberflöte (en: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. ... Le nozze di Figaro ossia la folle giornata (Trans: ), K. 492, is an opera buffa (comic opera) composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais, Le mariage de Figaro (1784). ... Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Così fan tutte is an opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Der Rosenkavalier (The Cavalier of the Rose) is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. ... Der Freischütz (English: The Freeshooter) is an opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber to a libretto by Friedrich Kind. ...


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Edith Mathis (Soprano) - Short Biography (368 words)
The admired Swiss soprano, Edith Mathis, received her musical training at the Lucerne Conservatory, and from Elisabeth Bosshart in Zürich.
Edith Mathis made her operatic debut as the 2
Edith Mathis is married with the conductor and pianist Bernhard Klee, with whom she has often appeared in recitals.
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Agnes Baltsa (mez) Ascanio; Edith Mathis (sop) Silvia; Peter Schreier (ten) Aceste; Lilian Sukis (sop) Venere; Arleen Auger (sop) Fauno; Salzburg Chamber Choir and Mozarteum Orchestra / Leopold Hager (hpd).
Agnes Baltsa catches nicely the tremulous ardour and inner turmoil within the lower register of Ascanio's writing, but the brilliance and power of the legendary Florentine male soprano for whom the part was written tends to elude her.
Silvia, radiantly sung by Edith Mathis, purls out her "Infelici affetti miei" to an accompaniment which all but pre-echoes Cosi's "Soave sia il vento".
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