Opera Singer. A contralto, she is remembered for her career with the Stuttgart Opera. Raised in Berlin, she studied privately with Erika Garski prior to her 1958 Bayreuth operatic debut as Wellgunde from Wagner's "The Ring Cycle". She remained at Bayreuth thru 1961, her assignments including Waltraute of "Die Walkure", Edelknabe in "Lohengrin", and the First Knappen from "Parsifal". Claudia also sang at Munster from 1958 thru 1960, then moved on to Stuttgart. Her repertoire included several of Verdi's ladies, among them Flora in "La Traviata", Dame Quickly of "Falstaff", and Desdemona's maid Emilia from "Otello", as well as Mary in Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman", the Mother of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel", Magdalene in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger", and Annina of Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier". An accomplished Oratorio artist, she performed and recorded Carl Orff's "Antigonae" as well as Bach's "Magnificat", Missa in F-major, and Christmas and Easter Oratorios. Claudia gave guest performances, primarily in Nuremberg, and remained in Stuttgart until her 1983 retirement to upper Bavaria. At her death from the effects of advanced age she left her quite significant legacy of Oratorio recordings.
Opera Singer. A contralto, she is remembered for her career with the Stuttgart Opera. Raised in Berlin, she studied privately with Erika Garski prior to her 1958 Bayreuth operatic debut as Wellgunde from Wagner's "The Ring Cycle". She remained at Bayreuth thru 1961, her assignments including Waltraute of "Die Walkure", Edelknabe in "Lohengrin", and the First Knappen from "Parsifal". Claudia also sang at Munster from 1958 thru 1960, then moved on to Stuttgart. Her repertoire included several of Verdi's ladies, among them Flora in "La Traviata", Dame Quickly of "Falstaff", and Desdemona's maid Emilia from "Otello", as well as Mary in Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman", the Mother of Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel", Magdalene in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger", and Annina of Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier". An accomplished Oratorio artist, she performed and recorded Carl Orff's "Antigonae" as well as Bach's "Magnificat", Missa in F-major, and Christmas and Easter Oratorios. Claudia gave guest performances, primarily in Nuremberg, and remained in Stuttgart until her 1983 retirement to upper Bavaria. At her death from the effects of advanced age she left her quite significant legacy of Oratorio recordings.
Bio by: Bob Hufford
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