German mezzo-soprano, b. 1928 Biographical notes: She was born in Berlin and was a true child of the theatre. Her father was the tenor Anton Ludwig and her mother the contralto Eugenie Besalla-Ludwig. Her mother was engaged at the Aachen Opera House during Karajan s period as conductor where she sang roles from Senta to Rezia to Azucena, from Ulrica to Elektra and Fidelio. At the age of 40 she ...

Christa Ludwig taught master classes at Carnegie Hall, and the young singers she worked with made me despair for classical music. All had embarked on professional careers -- but most didn't really know what they were doing.

La Scena Musicale - Vol. 5.3 - November 1999 By Philip Anson Singing for me was a job. I don't miss it, legendary German mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig told me in an interview in New York last week, where she was promoting her autobiography Christa Ludwig : In My Own Voice, an English translation of the German memoirs ...und ich ware so gern Primadonna gewesen, originally published in 1994. Now ...