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Rita Streich
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Lisa Della Casa
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Trudeliese Schmidt
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
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Hanna Ludwig
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Gundula Janowitz
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Lenneke Ruiten
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Natalie Dessay
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Maria Jeritza
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Kathleen Battle
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Evelyn Lear
American operatic soprano
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Ute Trekel-Burckhardt
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt
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Ilse Hollweg
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Margaret Price
Margaret Price
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Sumi Jo
Sumi Jo
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Carmen Anhorn
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Tatiana Troyanos
Tatiana Troyanos
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Alda Noni
Alda Noni
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Maria Ivogün
Hungarian singer

Maria Ivogün

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Hungarian singer
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Maria Ivogün from a 1922 advertisement.

Maria Ivogün (18 November 1891 in Budapest – 3 October 1987 in Beatenberg, Switzerland) was a distinguished soprano singer of Hungarian origin. She was especially an outstanding interpreter of the works of Mozart: her recording of the aria of the Queen of the Night (Die Zauberflöte) became legendary.