Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Elisabeth Schwarzkopf across 6 places, from 1915 to 2006.
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Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, (9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was documented, and when
9 December 1915exact date
Jarocinattested“Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia, Germany (now in Poland), to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth ().”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
9 December 1915exact date
Province of Posenattested“Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia, Germany (now in Poland), to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth ().”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
9 December 1915exact date
Polandattested“Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia, Germany (now in Poland), to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth ().”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1934year
Berlin University of the Artsattested“In 1934, Schwarzkopf began her musical studies at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik, where her singing tutor, Lula Mysz-Gmeiner, attempted to train her to be a mezzo-soprano.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
16 September 1947exact date
La Scalaattested“In 1947 and 1948, Schwarzkopf appeared on tour with the Vienna State Opera at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on 16 September 1947 as Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni and at La Scala on 28 December 1948, as the Countess in…”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
3 August 2006exact date
Schrunsattested“Schwarzkopf died in her sleep during the night of 2–3 August 2006 at her home in Schruns, Vorarlberg, Austria, aged 90.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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1928year
Magdeburgmentioned“Schwarzkopf performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
15 April 1938exact date
Deutsche Oper Berlinmentioned“Schwarzkopf made her professional debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin (then called Deutsches Opernhaus) on 15 April 1938, as the Second Flower Maiden (First Group) in act 2 of Richard Wagner's Parsifal.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
16 January 1948exact date
La Scalamentioned“Schwarzkopf later made her official debut at the Royal Opera House on 16 January 1948, as Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute, in performances sung in English, and at La Scala on 29 June 1950 singing Beethoven's Missa solemnis.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
19 October 1953exact date
Epsommentioned“They were married on 19 October 1953 in Epsom, Surrey; Schwarzkopf thus acquired British citizenship by marriage.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
29 October 1954exact date
Metropolitan Operamentioned“Schwarzkopf made her American concert debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on 28 and 29 October 1954, in Strauss's Four Last Songs and the closing scene from Capriccio with Fritz Reiner conducting; her Carnegie Hall debut was a lied…”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1982 to 2003period
Zumikonmentioned“Her ashes, and those of Walter Legge, were buried next to her parents in Zumikon near Zürich, where she had lived from 1982 to 2003.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1982 to 2003period
Zürichmentioned“Her ashes, and those of Walter Legge, were buried next to her parents in Zumikon near Zürich, where she had lived from 1982 to 2003.”source: Wikipedia: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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