Salome ljuba welitsch biography

Ljuba Welitsch was an operatic soprano.
Ljuba Welitsch was born in Borissovo, Bulgaria on July 10, 1913.
Ljuba Welitsch (biography here) was born in 1913 and apart from Salome she is best known for her portraits of Donna Anna (also recorded for.

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I must admit, that after hearing Ljuba Welitschas Salome, I hardly listen to anyone else: She has everything, this role requires: A piercingly clear tone with an almost indecent quality as well as an inherent sense of drama. The intensity of her singing is unbelievable.

Ljuba Welitsch (biography here) was born in 1913 and apart from Salome she is best known for her portraits of Donna Anna (also recorded for Furtwängler in Salzburg) and Tosca.

But Salome was her major role, making her debut with it at the Metropolitan Opera in 1949 in a performance now considered legendary and resulting in front-page coverage in the New York Times and a reputation as the worlds leading Salome, which is almost undiminished today. She also sang the role with Richard Strauss himself on the podium for his 80th birthday.

She is, by most, considered the ultimate Salome. The YouTube clip (audio only) of her performing the Salome Final Scene clearly shows why (click here).

For a full recording I highly recommend her 1949 Metropolitan recording conducted by Fritz Reiner, as opposed to the 1951 reco

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Obituary: Ljuba Welitsch

After Donna Anna, in the person of the Bulgarian soprano Ljuba Welitsch, exploded on to Covent Garden stage on 20 September 1947 during the visit of the Vienna State Opera to London, Don Giovanni never seemed quite the same again to any in the audience that night. When, two days later, she sang the title role of Salome, conducted by Clemens Krauss, the impact was even more shattering. Welitsch not only looked young and glamorous with her gorgeous red hair, but she sounded like a beautiful teenager, while her brilliant, powerful voice rose effortlessly above the orchestra in the final monologue.

The following year she sang as a guest artist with Covent Garden's recently formed resident company, returning frequently until 1953. By then her voice had deteriorated to a shadow of its former glory. Welitsch was only 40, but a throat operation, and the unstinting generosity of tone which she always lavished on her audiences, had taken their inevitable toll.

Ljuba Welitsch was born in Borisovo. She studied Philosophy at Sofia University before beginning to trai

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Ljuba Welitsch; Opera Star Won Fame in Strauss’ ‘Salome’

VIENNA — Ljuba Welitsch, a Bulgarian-born soprano who gained international fame for her interpretation of Richard Strauss’ “Salome,” has died. She was 83.

The Standard, a Vienna newspaper, said that with Welitsch’s death Sunday, “a living piece of opera history has been lost.”

Welitsch, born Ljuba Velickova in Borissovo, Bulgaria, performed in Sofia, the Austrian city Graz, and Hamburg, Germany, before coming to Vienna in 1940, when she sang at the Volksoper in “Madame Butterfly.”

It was her Vienna State Opera debut four years later that made her a star. Welitsch sang in a special performance of “Salome” to celebrate Strauss’ 80th birthday.

Welitsch went on to win praise for her performances in the title roles of “Aida” and “Tosca,” and as Tatyana in “Eugene Onegin.” She also gained fame for her interpretation of Donna Anna in “Don Giovanni” under Josef Krips in 1946 and Wilhelm Furtwangler in 1950.

Engagements in Milan, Italy, and London in 1947 and New York in 1949 made her an international star.

After her