Lucia Popp - Recordings

Austrian lyric soprano, born in the Czech Republic. She studied at the music academy in Bratislava, and made her debut there as Queen of the Night in Mozart's Magic Flute (1963). She became the principal soprano with the Vienna State Opera, and made appearances at Salzburg, Covent Garden, London, and the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Lucia Popp (Lucia Poppova) (November 12, 1939–November 16, 1993) was a popular operatic soprano from Slovakia.

Popp is perhaps best known for her rendition of the Queen of the Night in the legendary 1963 recording of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's The Magic Flute directed by Otto Klemperer.

Her timbre—both round and warm—and her technique are well-loved by opera connoisseurs worldwide.

Besides the Queen of the Night, Popp is known for her performances as Susanna later the Contessa (The Marriage of Figaro), Pamina (The Magic Flute), Sophie later the Marschallin (R. Strauss's Arabella), Susanna and Contessa (Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro), Queen of the Night and Pamina (Mozart's Die Zauberflote), Zellina to Donna Elvira, later Donna Anna (Mozart's Don Giovanni), Adele and Rosalinde (J. Strauss II's Die Fledermaus), Annchen and Agathe (Weber's Der Freischutz), and Sophie and the Marschallin (R.

Recordings

Basically, she didn't record the roles she didn't sing on stage (with few exceptions: i.e. Here is a selection of her recordings:

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (as Susanna), with te Kanawa, von Stade, Allen, Ramey, and Sir Solti (Decca) Mozart: Don Giovanni (as Zellina), with Weikl, Sass, M. Krause, Sir Solti (Decca) Mozart: Die Zauberflote (as Queen of the Night), with Janowitz, Berry, Gedda, Frick, and Klemperer (EMI) Mozart: Die Zauberflote (as Pamina), with Jerusalem, Brendel, Zednik, Gruberova and Haitink (EMI) Mozart: Idomeneo (as Ilia), with Pavarotti, Baltsa, Nucci, Gruberova, and Sir Pritchard (Decca) R. Strauss: Intermezzo (as Christine), with Dallapozza, Fischer-Dieskau, Finke and Sawallisch (EMI) --- without texts, be cautious. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (as Sophie), with Domingo, Ludwig, G. Strauss: Daphne (as Daphne), with Goldberg, Schreier, Wenkel, Moll and Haitink (EMI) J. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (as Adele), with Varady, Weikl, Kollo, Prey and C. Strauss II: Die Fledermaus (as Rosalinde), with Lind, Baltsa, Seiffert, Brendel, Rydl and Domingo (EMI) Beethoven: Fidelio (as Marzelline), with Janowitz, Kollo, Sotin, Fischer-Dieskau, Jungwirth and Berstein (DG) Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen (as the Vixen), with Randova, Jedlicka, Blachut and Sir Mackerass (Decca) Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel (as Gretel), with Schlemm, Fassbaender, Gruberová, Hamari, Burrowes, Berry and Sir Solti (Decca)

Aside these, her complete operatic recordings also include Leoncavallo's La Boheme (as Mimi, Orfeo); Flotow's Martha (as the title role, EMI), Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (as Blonde, EMI), Mozart's Le Clemenza di Tito (as Vitellia for Harnoncourt, Teldec; and Lehar's Der Graf von Luxemburg (EMI) etc. Strauss's "Four Last Songs" twice (with Tennstedt for EMI, and Tilson Thomas for Sony, this is also her last recording), Mahler's "Des Knaben Wunderhorn" twice (with Weikl, Tennstedt for EMI, and Schimidt, Berstein for DG). EMI also issued two albums in the company's 'Red Line' series (Slavonic Arias, and Operetta Arias).

Orfeo also has issued several 'live' recordings of her.