Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: Wagner Lohengrin, Elsas Dream

Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, DBE (9 December 1915 3 August 2006) was a Germanborn Austrian, British soprano opera singer and recitalist. She was among the most renowned classical singers of the 20th century, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Schubert, Strauss, and Wolf. Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf was born in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia (today Poland) to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth (née Fröhlich). Schwarzkopf showed an interest in music from a br, br,