Elisabeth Höngen [SEP] voice type
Elisabeth Höngen
Elisabeth Höngen (7 December 1906 – 7 August 1997) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano and singing-actress. She was particularly associated with Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss roles, and with Verdi's Lady Macbeth. From 1947 onward she was one of the Vienna State Opera's most prominent artists for nearly 30 years.
Career.
Höngen was born in Gevelsberg, Germany. She publicly performed as a violinist at age 15.
She studied German and music at the University of Berlin and the
, Erna Berger (1956), Heinrich Rehfuss (1955) and Elisabeth Schumann (1958), and important individual songs by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, and Elisabeth Höngen. Gerald Moore was a distinguished accompanist in Wolf song recordings. Fischer-Dieskau recorded a large collection of Mörike songs with Moore in March 1959. Some major projects have attempted more comprehensive coverage.
Recording projects Hugo Wolf Society edition.
In September 1931 the Hugo Wolf Society was formed under the aegis of English His Master's Voice records supervised