The Art Of Edith Mathis

Featuring

Edith Mathis
Karl Richter
Pierre Thibaud
Dame Janet Baker
Sir Charles Mackerras
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Siegfried Jerusalem
Sir Neville Marriner
Hans Haselböck
Julia Hamari
Karl Böhm
Karl Ridderbusch
Wiesław Ochman
Elmar Schloter
Rafael Kubelík
Daniel Barenboim
Martina Arroyo
Norma Procter
Otto Freudenthal
Leopold Hager
Bernhard Klee
Walter Weih
Gundula Janowitz
Hermann Prey
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Franz Crass
Dame Gwyneth Jones
Peter Schreier
Carlos Kleiber
Ursula Boese
Seiji Ozawa
Kari Lövaas
Otto Wiener
Siegfried Rudolf Frese
Tatiana Troyanos
Christa Ludwig
Christoph von Dohnányi
Christoph Eschenbach
Karl Engel
Gernot Kahl
Günter Jena
Brigitte Fassbaender
Münchener Bach-Orchester
Regensburger Domspatzen
Münchener Bach-Chor
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
Wiener Philharmoniker
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Staatskapelle Berlin
Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Joseph Haydn
Antonín Dvořák
Johannes Brahms
Gustav Mahler
Ludwig van Beethoven
Carl Maria von Weber
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Hector Berlioz
Richard Strauss
Hans Werner Henze
Robert Schumann
Clara Schumann
Hugo Wolf

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Performer Biography

Conductor Karl Böhm introduced Edith Mathis to Deutsche Grammophon, which significantly boosted her career and placed her among select company.

Performer Biography

Edith Mathis made her professional debut at the Zurich Stadttheater before completing her studies, likely due to a tip from her Munich agent, Robert Schulz.

Performer Biography

Edith Mathis, a soprano from Lucerne, knew from her school days that she would become a singer, a conviction that nothing could shake.

Performer Biography

Edith Mathis was appointed a Kammersängerin by the Bavarian State Opera in 1980, a prestigious title for a distinguished singer.

Interpretation

Edith Mathis's interpretation is characterized by a natural yet highly artistic approach, with finely spun phrases, legato, and vibrato, always ensuring the text retains its appropriate weight.

Performer Biography

Edith Mathis's debut at the Cologne Opera in 1959, at the age of 21, was secured after an audition with conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch, who was working in Bayreuth.

Performer Biography

Edith Mathis recalls that her audition for Wolfgang Sawallisch was the only audition in her entire life; subsequent engagements came from direct calls.