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'''Rosa Schwaiger''' (5 September 1918 – 19 April 1970) was an Austrian operatic [[soprano]].
== Life and career ==
Born in [[Saalfelden]], after her first music lessons with her father, an organist, Schwaiger took piano and singing lessons at the [[Mozarteum University Salzburg]]. In 1940 she belonged to the [[Salzburger Landestheater]]; There she had one of her first great successes as "[[The Magic Flute|Queen of the Night]]". Schwaiger subsequently received engagements at the [[Volksoper Wien]], at the [[Theater Basel]] and in [[Bregenz]] as well as at the [[Vienna State Opera]].
In 1952, the artistic director [[Rudolf Hartmann]] took Schwaiger as first [[coloratura soprano]] to the [[Bayerische Staatsoper]] in Munich, as well as to the [[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]]. In the latter two theatres her partners were among others [[Harry Friedauer]], [[Marianne Schech]], [[Erika Köth]], [[Martha Kunig-Rinach]] and [[Sari Barabas]]. She was celebrated by the Munich audience, especially in two roles: as Papagena in the legendary production of the opera ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' of 1956 under the direction of [[Hans Knappertsbusch]] at the [[Prinzregententheater]] in Munich and as Adina in Donizetti's opera ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'', together with her colleague [[Benno Kusche]], who was on the programme at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in 1957.
At the [[Salzburg Festival]] in 1945 she sang one of the [[soubrette]] rolls that the maid Blonde sang in Mozart's ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'', 1946 Barbarina in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and Sophie in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''. She was one of the most popular singers at the Salzburg Festival in the early/mid 1950s.
Now and then, Schwaiger made a detour to the [[operette]]. In 1952 she took on the leading female role in the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] production of the operetta ''[[The Geisha]]'' by Sidney Jones, directed by [[Franz Marszalek]]. In 1966 Schwaiger, meanwhile appointed Bavarian [[Kammersänger]], sang the role of Maria at the premiere of the ''Salzburger Passion'' by [[Cesar Bresgen]] at the [[Großes Festspielhaus]] in Salzburg.
In 1954 Schwaiger undertook a tour through North America, on which she was celebrated. Three years later she sang very successfully at the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]] the Blondchen in ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'', Papagena in ''The Magic Flute'' and the Najade in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]''. Two years before her death, the artist, already weakened by illness and dying of leukaemia in Munich at the age of 52, gave song recitals in Greece and Turkey. She was buried in [[Maria Alm]] in the Salzburger Land.
== Literature ==
* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]''. Second volume: M–Z. Stuttgart 1987,
== External links ==
*
* [https://ift.tt/2Fp82NM Schwaiger-Rosl] on Bach Cantatas Website
* [https://ift.tt/2FzyDsQ ''Rosl Schwaiger''.] In ''[[Die Zeit]]'', Nr. 17/1970, obituary
*
[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1970 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Saalfelden]]
[[Category:Austrian operatic sopranos]]
== Life and career ==
Born in [[Saalfelden]], after her first music lessons with her father, an organist, Schwaiger took piano and singing lessons at the [[Mozarteum University Salzburg]]. In 1940 she belonged to the [[Salzburger Landestheater]]; There she had one of her first great successes as "[[The Magic Flute|Queen of the Night]]". Schwaiger subsequently received engagements at the [[Volksoper Wien]], at the [[Theater Basel]] and in [[Bregenz]] as well as at the [[Vienna State Opera]].
In 1952, the artistic director [[Rudolf Hartmann]] took Schwaiger as first [[coloratura soprano]] to the [[Bayerische Staatsoper]] in Munich, as well as to the [[Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz]]. In the latter two theatres her partners were among others [[Harry Friedauer]], [[Marianne Schech]], [[Erika Köth]], [[Martha Kunig-Rinach]] and [[Sari Barabas]]. She was celebrated by the Munich audience, especially in two roles: as Papagena in the legendary production of the opera ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' of 1956 under the direction of [[Hans Knappertsbusch]] at the [[Prinzregententheater]] in Munich and as Adina in Donizetti's opera ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'', together with her colleague [[Benno Kusche]], who was on the programme at the Theater am Gärtnerplatz in 1957.
At the [[Salzburg Festival]] in 1945 she sang one of the [[soubrette]] rolls that the maid Blonde sang in Mozart's ''[[Die Entführung aus dem Serail]]'', 1946 Barbarina in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and Sophie in ''[[Der Rosenkavalier]]''. She was one of the most popular singers at the Salzburg Festival in the early/mid 1950s.
Now and then, Schwaiger made a detour to the [[operette]]. In 1952 she took on the leading female role in the [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk|WDR]] production of the operetta ''[[The Geisha]]'' by Sidney Jones, directed by [[Franz Marszalek]]. In 1966 Schwaiger, meanwhile appointed Bavarian [[Kammersänger]], sang the role of Maria at the premiere of the ''Salzburger Passion'' by [[Cesar Bresgen]] at the [[Großes Festspielhaus]] in Salzburg.
In 1954 Schwaiger undertook a tour through North America, on which she was celebrated. Three years later she sang very successfully at the [[Glyndebourne Festival Opera]] the Blondchen in ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'', Papagena in ''The Magic Flute'' and the Najade in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]''. Two years before her death, the artist, already weakened by illness and dying of leukaemia in Munich at the age of 52, gave song recitals in Greece and Turkey. She was buried in [[Maria Alm]] in the Salzburger Land.
== Literature ==
* [[Karl-Josef Kutsch]], [[Leo Riemens]]: ''[[Großes Sängerlexikon]]''. Second volume: M–Z. Stuttgart 1987,
== External links ==
*
* [https://ift.tt/2Fp82NM Schwaiger-Rosl] on Bach Cantatas Website
* [https://ift.tt/2FzyDsQ ''Rosl Schwaiger''.] In ''[[Die Zeit]]'', Nr. 17/1970, obituary
*
[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1970 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Saalfelden]]
[[Category:Austrian operatic sopranos]]
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