Gundula Janowitz

Gundula Janowitz Born August 2 1937 In Berlin Germany Is An Austrian Lyric Soprano Singer Of Operas Oratorios And Concerts.. Gundula Janowitz Studied At The Graz Conservatory In Austria And Had Already Begun To Sing At The Highest Level By The End Of The 1950s Die Schöpfung With Herbert Von Karajan In 1960 . In 1959 Karajan Engaged Her As "Barbarina" In Mozart's Le Nozze Di Figaro The Marriage Of Figaro At The Vienna State Opera Of Which She Became A Permanent Member In 1962. In The 1960s And 1970s She Became One Of The Most Popular Singers In Her Field Internationally And She Developed A Comprehensive And Widely-Followed Discography Of Works Ranging From Johann Sebastian Bach To Richard Strauss In Cooperation With The Most Prominent Conductors Her Mentor At Times Karajan As Well As Otto Klemperer Eugen Jochum Leonard Bernstein Rafael Kubelik Karl Böhm Georg Solti Carlos Kleiber Etc. read less