Wilma Lipp

Wilma Lipp 26 April 1925 – 26 January 2019 Was An Austrian Operatic Soprano Particularly Associated With Mozart Roles Especially Konstanze In Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail The Abduction From The Seraglio And Der Königin Der Nacht The Queen Of The Night In Die Zauberflöte The Magic Flute . Wilma Lipp Possessed A Pure Supple High-Soprano Voice With An Accurate Coloratura Technique And A So-Called "white" Tone. Her Career Which Began In Soubrette And High Coloratura Roles Later Progressed To More Lyrical Ones Such As Ilia Countess Almaviva Pamina Eva Musetta Martha Violetta Etc. She Studied In Vienna With Anne Bahr-Mildenburg And Alfred Jerger And Also With Toti Dal Monte In Milan. She Made Her Debut In Vienna As Rosina In 1943 And Joined The Vienna State Opera In 1945. She Won Considerable Fame As The Queen Of The Night Which She Sang At La Scala In Milan As Well As In Paris Hamburg The Salzburg Festival Brussels And At The Paris Opéra. This Role Was Followed By Those Of Mozart's Konstanze Zerbinetta Adele Martha Olympia Oscar And Lucia Which She Also Sang With Great Success In Naples. From The Middle Of The 1950s She Changed Her Repertoire More Into The Lyrical Roles Such As Eva Countess Almaviva Elvira Ilia Marguerite Nedda Rosalinde And Many More. She Made Her United States Debut As Nanetta At The San Francisco Opera In 1962. The Same Year She Performed As Pamina With Herbert Von Karajan At The Re-Opening At Theater An Der Wien As A Festival Theatre. Wilma Lipp Said That Her Years At This Theatre Were The "most Happy" Years Of Her Life Because The Acoustic Was Perfect For Her As A Young Singer. She Performed For Nearly 40 Years On Stage At The Vienna State Opera Including The Years 1945-55 At Theater An Der Wien Around 1 500 Evenings. Her Most Sung Role Was Der Königin Der Nacht The Queen Of The Night With About 400 Performances. She Has Performed On Most International Opera Houses Concert Halls And Festivals. In June 1981 She Gave Her Farewell As Marianne Leitmetzerin In Vienna And Salzburg With Herbert Von Karajan. From The Mid-1970s She Taught At The Mozarteum In Vienna. She Retired Later And Lived With Her Husband In Bavaria. Her First Recording Was Der Königin Der Nacht In 1949. Various Recordings Are Available Of Her In This Role Conducted By Karajan Böhm Krips Furtwängler Keilberth Schüchter As Also Her Pamina Karajan Schüchter Her Konstanze Krips Von Matacic Elvira And Ilia. Her Konstanze Adele And Rosalinde Laura Die Bettelstudent Pepi Wiener Blut Franzi Ein Walzertraum Briefchristl Vogelhändler And Her Performances In Song The Mozart Requiem And The Brahms A German Requiem. Her Last Recording Was As Leitmetzerin Der Rosenkavalier In 1983. She Was "Adele" The Maid In The Eisentein Home In Die Fledermaus. She Is Moreover Well Represented In Live Recordings And Radio Broadcasts Such As La Bohème Falstaff Martha La Fille Du Régiment Faust And Many Masses And Oratorios. She Has Also Appeared On TV Live Broadcast Of The Magic Flute And In Films Such As Unsterblicher Mozart 1954 The House Of Three Girls 1958 The Cardinal 1963 And The Salzburg Festival Tony Palmer 2006 . Decorations And Awards
1961 Austrian Decoration For Science And Art
1966 Nicolai Medal Of The Vienna Philharmonic
1977 Honorary Medal Of Vienna In Gold
1982 Honorary Member Of The Vienna State Opera
2004 Gold Medal For Services To The City Of Vienna read less