To lovers of art song who built record collections during the first flowering of the LP era, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006) was the consummate interpreter to whom all other lyric sopranos were ...
Though every German soprano worthy of her breastplate has sung the role of the Marschallin in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, other singers keep a respectful distance. The Marschallin’s notes are within ...