Christa Ludwig
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About Christa Ludwig
Christa Ludwig (born 16 March 1928) is a German mezzo-soprano (now retired), distinguished for her performances of opera, Lieder, oratorio and other major religious works like masses and Passions, and solos contained in symphonic literature. Her career spanned from the late 1940s until the early 1990s. Ludwig was born in Berlin to a musical family; her father, Anton Ludwig, was a tenor and an operatic administrator, her mother, the mezzo-soprano Eugenie Besalla-Ludwig who sang the Aachen Opera during Herbert von Karajan's period as conductor.
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Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il vento" (Trio)
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Candide / Act I - I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango)
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Bernstein: Candide / Act I - I Am Easily Assimilated (Old Lady's Tango)
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Mahler: Symphony No.2 in C minor - "Resurrection" / 4: "Urlicht" - Sehr feierlich, aber schlicht - "O Röslein rot"
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Fidelio (2000 Digital Remaster): Nr.9: Rezitativ: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (Leonore)
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Schubert: Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839
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Geliebter, sag', wo weilt dein Sinn?
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Geliebter, komm! Sieh dort die Grotte
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I, Scene 3: Weh! ach wehe! Dies zu dulden!
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Franz Peter Schubert : Ave Maria
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I, Scene 3: Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen
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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One - No.9 Recitative (Alto): "Du lieber Heiland du"
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Zieh hin, Wahnbetörter, zieh hin! Geh!
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I, Scene 3: O blinde Augen! Blöde Herzen!
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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part One - No.10 Aria (Alto): "Buss und Reu"
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I, Scene 3: Welcher Wahn! Welch' eitles Zürnen!
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I, Scene 3: Kennst du der Mutter Künste nicht?
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Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - Um Mitternacht
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I, Scene 4: Herrn Tristan bringe meinen Gruss
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Brahms: 4 Songs, Op. 43: II. Die Mainacht
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Tristan und Isolde, Act I, Scene 4: Hörtest du nicht? Hier bleib' ich
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J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two - No.47 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich, mein Gott"
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Tristan und Isolde (1994 - Remaster), Act I, Scene 1: Westwärts schweift der Blick
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Westwärts schweift der Blick"
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Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il vento"
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Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Ah guarda, sorella"
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Ave Maria, Op.52/6, D.839
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Messa da Requiem (1997 Digital Remaster), I. Requiem e Kyrie: Requiem aeternam
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Tristan und Isolde, Act II, Scene 1: Hörst du sie noch?
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Tristan und Isolde (1994 - Remaster), Act I, Scene 2: Frisch weht der Wind der Heimat zu
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49 Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33, Book 6: No. 42 In stiller Nacht
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Messa da Requiem (1997 Digital Remaster), II. Sequenza: Tuba mirum
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Willkommen, ungetreuer Mann!
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Tristan und Isolde, Act II, Scene 1: Dem Freund zu Lieb' erfand diese List
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Messa da Requiem (1997 Digital Remaster), VII. Libera me: Libera me
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Tristan und Isolde (1994 - Remaster), Act I, Scene 2: Hab 'acht, Tristan!
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Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839
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Beethoven: Mass in D, Op.123 "Missa Solemnis" - Kyrie: Kyrie eleison
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Come una mosca prigionera
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Tristan und Isolde (1994 - Remaster), Act I, Scene 3: Weh! ach wehe! Dies zu dulden!
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Mahler: Rückert-Lieder - Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
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Guillaume Tell, 'William Tell': Ne M'abandonne Pas, Espoir de la Vengeance...Asile Hereditaire
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Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
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Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 (1960 Digital Remaster): Seit ich ihn gesehen
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Fidelio: Mir Ist So Wunderbar
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Frauenliebe und -leben Op. 42 (1960 Digital Remaster): Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
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Tristan und Isolde (1994 - Remaster), Act I, Scene 3: Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Weh, ach wehe! Dies zu dulden"
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Norma (1997 - Remaster), Act I, Scene 1: Sgombra è la sacra selva ... Deh! proteggimi, o Dio! (Adalgisa)
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Norma (1997 - Remaster), Act I, Scene 1: Eccola! Va, mi lascia ragion non odo (Pollione/Adalgisa)
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