Elisabeth Schwarzkopf(1915-2006)

Actress
Soundtrack

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin, Prussia, Germany [now Jarocin, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Closer (2004), Der Rosenkavalier (1961) and Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944). She was married to Walter Legge. She died on 3 August 2006 in Schruns, Vorarlberg, Austria.

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Known for

Closer

7.2

Soundtrack("Muoio d'affanno!... Di scrivermi ogni giorno", "Oh, Dei, come veloce se ne va quella barca!", "Soave sia il vento")

2004

Der Rosenkavalier

8.6

TV Movie

The Marschallin

1961

Rudolf Fernau, Heinrich George, Werner Klingler, Willy Mattes, Harald G. Petersson, Carla Rust, Karl Schönböck, and Margit Symo in Der Verteidiger hat das Wort (1944)

Der Verteidiger hat das Wort

6.4

Sängerin

1944

Nacht ohne Abschied

Sängerin

1943

Credits

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Actress

Der Rosenkavalier
8.6
TV Movie
- The Marschallin
- 1961
Cosi fan tutte
TV Movie
- Fiordiligi
- 1961
Der Verteidiger hat das Wort
6.4
- Sängerin
- 1944
Der ewige Klang
6.9
- Vocal:'Der Lerche und der Gaiger' (uncredited)
- 1943
Nacht ohne Abschied
- Sängerin
- 1943
Das Mädchen von St. Coeur
Short
- Mademoiselle Thérèse de Lorm
- 1940
Three Non-Coms
5.9
- Carmen in den Theaterszenen
- 1939

Soundtrack

Unorthodox
8.0
TV Mini Series
- performer: "An Die Music, D.547"
- 2020
The Yard
6.0
- performer: "Heut noch werd ich Ehefrau"
- 2016
The Trip to Italy
6.6
- performer: "Vier Letze 'Im Abendrot'"
- 2014
Camille Claudel 1915
6.5
- performer: "Magnificat, BWV 243: Suscepit Israel"
- 2013
Elisabeth Heller: Die Jahrhundertfrau
TV Movie
- performer: "Die Zeit ist ein sonderbar' Ding"
- 2012
The Killer Inside Me
6.1
- performer: "I'm Abendrot (Four Last Songs)"
- 2010
A Corte do Norte
6.1
- performer: "Kinderlieder"
- 2008
Adam Resurrected
6.2
- Soundtrack ("Nachtviolen")
- 2008
Closer
7.2
- performer: "Muoio d'affanno!... Di scrivermi ogni giorno", "Oh, Dei, come veloce se ne va quella barca!", "Soave sia il vento"
- 2004
Television Theater
8.1
TV Series
- Soundtrack ("Wesola wdówka")
- 2001
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: La voix de l'âme
8.2
TV Movie
- performer: "Le nozze di Figaro"
- 1995
St. Matthew Passion
8.8
- music: "The St. Matthew Passion"
- 1949
Der ewige Klang
6.9
- performer: "Die Lerche und der Gaiger"
- 1943

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Madame Elizabeth Schwarzkopf
Born
- December 9, 1915
- Jarotschin, Prussia, Germany [now Jarocin, Wielkopolskie, Poland]
Died
- August 3, 2006
- Schruns, Vorarlberg, Austria(natural causes)
Spouse
- Walter LeggeOctober 19, 1953 - March 22, 1979 (his death)
Other works
Her stage credits include: The Feldmarschallin von Werdenberg in the opera "Der Rosenkavalier", words by Hugo von Hofmannsthal , music by Richard Strauss (Royal Opera House, London, 1959)
Publicity listings
- 2 Articles
- 4 Pictorials

Did you know

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Trivia
In 1946 she was invited to audition for Walter Legge, one of the most respected names in the classical music recording business, who signed her to an exclusive recording contract for EMI. In 1953, they married.