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Hilde Gueden
12+ albums
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The Austrian soprano Hilde Gueden, or Güden (September 15, 1917 - September 17, 1988) was one of the most appreciated Straussian and Mozartian sopranos of her days. Her youthful and lively interpretations made her an ideal interpreter of roles like Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro. She was born Hulda Geiringer in Vienna, and studied singing with Otto Iro, piano with Maria Wetzelsberger, and dancing at the Vienna Music Academy. She debuted, as Hulda Gerin, in 1937 in Benatzky's operetta Herzen im Schnee at the Vienna Volksoper. Her operatic debut came in 1939, when she sang Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the Zurich Opera. In 1941, the famous conductor Clemens Krauss engaged her for the Munich State Opera, where she sang with much success. From this time she used Hilde Gueden as her stage name. However, she had some Jewish ancestry, and this forced her to leave Germany under the Nazis. Rumour has it that she was almost arrested by the Gestapo in Munich, but she had by then obtained a fake passport showing that she was a Roman Catholic Polish woman and could avoid the arrest. Post-war career: In Italy, Tullio Serafin invited her to sing Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) in Rome and Florence. From then on, she gained great successes in Paris, Milan, London, Venice, Glyndebourne, and other major cities. She made her debut at Salzburg Festival in 1946 by singing Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1946. In 1947, she started a long membership with th
top songs
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Die Zauberflöte, K.620: Act 1 - "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen"
942Die Zauberflöte, K.620: Act 2 - "Soll ich dich, Teurer, nicht mehr sehn?"
543Die Zauberflöte, K.620: Act 2 - "Ach, ich fühl's"
514Die Zauberflöte, K.620: Act 2 - "Bald prangt, den Morgen zu verkünden" - "Du also bist mein Bräutigam"
355Mein Herr Marquis
266O du fröhliche
267Die Fledermaus, Act I: Täubchen das entflattert ist
268Die Fledermaus, Act I: So muss allein ich bleiben
229Die Fledermaus, Act II
1810Die Fledermaus, Act II: Ein Souper heut uns winkt
18albums
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Strauss, J: Die Fledermaus (2 CDs)
Beethoven; Wagner; R. Strauss; Mozart; Verdi (Clemens Krauss: Complete Decca Recordings, Vol. 9)
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Die Fledermaus
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Remastered)
Strauss, J: Die Fledermaus
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Hilde Gueden Sings Operetta
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Hilde Güden singt
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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro
My Secret Heart
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Opera Arias - Mozart, Puccini, Massenet, Bizet, Mussorgsky, Bellini, Gounod (Remastered 2024)
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Hilde Güden - Die frühen Aufnahmen (1942-1951)
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Hilde Gueden Sings Operatic Evergreens