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Rita Streich

Rita Streich
  • Name: Rita Streich
  • Birthday: 1920-12-18
  • Place of birth: Barnaul, Altai Governorate [now Altai Krai], Russia
  • Popularity: 0.676
Biography: Rita Streich (18 December 1920 – 20 March 1987) was one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period. Rita Streich was born in Barnaul, southern Siberia, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), to a German father who had been a prisoner of war there, and a Russian mother. She moved to Germany with her parents during her childhood. She grew up speaking both German and Russian fluently, something that was extremely helpful during her later career. Among her teachers were Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender, Erna Berger and Maria Ivogün. She made her debut in opera during the Second World War at the Stadttheater of Aussig, now Ústí nad... Read More

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Salzburg Marionette Theatre: The Magic Flute   as  Queen of the Night 1994-01-01
Freunde, vernehmt die Geschichte   as  Self 1959-04-19