Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE (9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British lyric soprano. She was among the foremost singers of lieder, and is renowned for her performances of Viennese operetta, as well as the operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss. After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher internationally. She is considered one of the greatest sopranos of the 20th century. More about Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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Schwarzkopf was born on 9 December 1915 in Jarotschin in the Province of Posen in Prussia, Germany (now Poland) to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth (née Fröhlich). Schwarzkopf performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany. 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. Schwarzkopf later trained under Maria Ivogün, and in 1938 joined the Deutsche Oper.The most expensive item with a signature of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Musical autographs / Two typed letters from Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Legge Signed) was sold in January 2023 for £173.04 while the cheapest item (ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF-German Born British Soprano-Mozart.Wagner etc-Signed Page) found a new owner for £4.20 in May 2019. The month with the most items sold (6) was January 2024 with an average selling price of £22.01 for an autographed item of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in July 2020 with £125.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £6.50 was November 2023. In average, an autographed item from Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is worth £23.84.
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*SIGNED* ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF & WILLI BOSKOVSKY Programme LONDON 1963 | £13.50 | ||
*SIGNED* ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF Programme NEW YORK MET OPERA 1964 Della Casa | £20.00 | ||
*SIGNED* ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF Programme TICKET BATH FESTIVAL 1966 Parsons piano | £34.00 | ||
*SIGNED* ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF Programme TICKET GLASGOW 1968 Viola Tunnard Piano | £24.67 | ||
*SIGNED* ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF Programme TICKET Rosenkavalier R.O.H 1959 SOLTI | £21.01 | ||
ASD 2844 The Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Songbook Vol. 4 + Signed Programme EMI NM | £30.00 | ||
AUTOGRAPHED Opera Programme Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Operatic FAREWELL Brussels1971 | £49.99 | ||
AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO OF OPERA SINGER Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano | £23.00 | ||
ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF - SIGNED BOOKS, MEMORABILIA AND PROGRAMMES | £50.00 | ||
NM *SIGNED ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF* 4 LO SLS 810 STEREO Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ot | £14.50 |