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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

1915 - 2006

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Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, (9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German-born Austro-British 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf has received more than 276,683 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is the 138th most popular singer (up from 143rd in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Poland (up from 174th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Singer.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was a German soprano. She was most famous for her opera and lieder performances.

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  • 71.21

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  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 138 out of 3,541. Before her are Maria Malibran, Gilbert Bécaud, Grace Jones, Ibrahim Ferrer, Sandra, and Tom Jones. After her are Bryan Adams, Mina, Zarah Leander, Anna German, Anatoliy Solovianenko, and Eric Burdon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 29. Before her are Les Paul, Stanley Matthews, Curd Jürgens, Aung San, Charles H. Townes, and Robert A. Dahl. After her are Brother Roger, Bob Kane, Robert Hofstadter, Shoichi Yokoi, Helmut Schön, and Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.. Among people deceased in 2006, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 38. Before her are Jack Palance, Steve Irwin, Telmo Zarra, P. W. Botha, Markus Wolf, and Melvin Schwartz. After her are Bülent Ecevit, Alida Valli, Anna Politkovskaya, Alexander Litvinenko, Shelley Winters, and Ta Mok.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 155 out of 1,231. Before her are Joseph Rotblat (1908), Marian Rejewski (1905), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Georg Michaelis (1857), and Otto Kretschmer (1912). After her are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), Jarosław Kaczyński (1949), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), and Władysław Reymont (1867).

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Among SINGERS In Poland

Among singers born in Poland, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks 1. After her are Marek Grechuta (1945), Jan Kiepura (1902), Maryla Rodowicz (1945), Katja Ebstein (1945), Anna Maria Jopek (1970), Basia (1954), Miliza Korjus (1905), Chava Alberstein (1946), Jean de Reszke (1850), Urszula Dudziak (1943), and Olga Jackowska (1951).

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