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Elisabeth Höngen
voc, fl, 1906-1997 DE, Gevelsberg
Classical
Elisabeth Höngen (7 December 1906, Gevelsberg – 7 August 1997, Vienna) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss roles, and with Verdi's Lady Macbeth.She made guest appearances at the Munich State Opera, the Royal Opera House in London, the Paris Opéra, La Scala in Milan, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York.She sang the title role in Britten's The Rape of Lucretia, and Baba the Turk in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress.
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| Wiener Staatsopernchor |
Popular Tracks 
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Ode to Joy": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso on Beethoven: Les symphonies / Deux intégrales - La discothèque idéale de Diapason, Vol. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: IV. Presto - Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro Assai on Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, Op. 125 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Presto: O Freunde, nicht diese Tone! - Freude schoner Gotterfunken on Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" by Ludwig van Beethoven, Hans Hopf, Bayreuth Festival Chorus, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Wilhelm Furtwängler Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Ode to Joy": II. Molto vivace - Presto on Beethoven: Les symphonies / Deux intégrales - La discothèque idéale de Diapason, Vol. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Ode to Joy": III. Adagio molto e cantabile - Andante moderato on Beethoven: Les symphonies / Deux intégrales - La discothèque idéale de Diapason, Vol. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": IV. Poco allegro stringendo il tempo, sempre più allegro on Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace on Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Ode to Joy": IV. Presto - Allegro assai - Allegro assai vivace - Andante maestoso - Adagio ma non troppo, ma divoto on Beethoven: Les symphonies / Deux intégrales - La discothèque idéale de Diapason, Vol. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso on Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Furtwängler & Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Sinfonie Nr. 9 d-Moll, Op. 125: 4. Finale: Presto - Allegro assai (Uhrwerk Orange): I. Allegro ma non troppo, un poco maestoso on Beethoven, L. Van: Symphony No. 9, "Choral" by Ludwig van Beethoven & Wilhelm FurtwänglerTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schumann: Les Amours Du Poète; Lieder | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Grümmer, Peter Anders, Elisabeth Schumann, Elisabeth Höngen, Lotte Lehmann, Irmgard Seefried, Ernst Haefliger, Christine Schäfer | 2016 | Compil. |
| Beethoven "Choral" Symphony - 1st & 2nd Movements | Ludwig van Beethoven / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf · Elisabeth Höngen · Hans Hopf · Otto Edelmann and the Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler | 2015 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 (Berlin, 22.03.1942) | Ludwig van Beethoven ‒ Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Peter Anders, Rudolf Watzke, Bruno Kittelscher Chor, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler | 2004 | Album |
| The 9 Symphonies | Ludwig van Beethoven – Wilhelm Furtwängler, Wiener Philharmoniker, The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann, Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele | 2000 | Compil. |
| Salome | Richard Strauss - Ljuba Welitsch, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter, Elisabeth Höngen, Fritz Reiner | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 (Choral) / St. Antoni Variations | Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Wilhelm Furtwängler / Berliner Philharmoniker, Peter Anders, Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Rudolf Watzke, Bruno Kittelscher Chor | 1994 | Album |
| Wagner: The Ring Of The Nibelung: Das Rheingold | Richard Wagner / Wilhelm Furtwängler / Ferdinand Frantz / Elisabeth Höngen / Gunter Treptow / Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala | 1989 | Album |
| Salome And Elektra | Richard Strauss, Fritz Reiner, The New York Metropolitan Opera, Salome, Ljuba Welitsch, Elisabeth Höngen, Set Svanholm, Hans Hotter, Brian Sullivan, Astrid Varnay, Walburga Wegner, Paul Schöffler | 1981 | Album |
| Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op.125 "Choral" | Ludwig van Beethoven, Wilhelm Furtwängler / Berliner Philharmoniker, Peter Anders, Tilla Briem, Elisabeth Höngen, Rudolf Watzke, Bruno Kittelscher Chor | 1978 | Album |
| The Ring Of The Nibelung - Götterdämmerung | Richard Wagner - Wilhelm Furtwängler, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Kirsten Flagstad, Max Lorenz, Ludwig Weber, Elisabeth Höngen | 1976 | Album |
| Wagner: The Ring Of The Nibelung: Die Walküre | Richard Wagner / Kirsten Flagstad - Günther Treptow - Elisabeth Höngen - Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala - Wilhelm Furtwängler | 1976 | Album |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler - A Commemorative Album | Wilhelm Furtwängler Conducts Wiener Philharmoniker, Philharmonia Orchestra And Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele Orchestras. Yehudi Menuhin, Edwin Fischer, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann And Chor der Bayreuther Festspiele | 1967 | Compil. |
| Pergolesi - Stabat Mater | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi / Teresa Stich-Randall / Elisabeth Höngen / Mario Rossi | 1966 | Album |
| Hänsel Und Gretel | Engelbert Humperdinck, Irmgard Seefried, Anneliese Rothenberger, Grace Hoffman, Elisabeth Höngen, Walter Berry, Liselotte Maikl, André Cluytens | 1964 | Album |
| Samson Und Dalila | Camille Saint-Saëns - Elisabeth Höngen | 1960 | Single |
| La Donna Senza Ombra - Die Frau Ohne Schatten | Richard Strauss, Leonie Rysanek, Christel Goltz, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Paul Schöffler, Kurt Böhme, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker | 1956 | Album |
| Alt-Rhapsodie Op. 53 - Variationen Für Orchester Über Ein Thema Von Joseph Haydn Op. 56a | Johannes Brahms / Elisabeth Höngen | 1954 | Album |
| Alto Rhapsody In C Minor, Op. 53 / Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 | Johannes Brahms, Elisabeth Höngen, Michael Raucheisen, Berlin Choral Society, Berliner Philharmoniker - Ferdinand Leitner | 1953 | Album |
| Vergnügte Ruh', Beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 / Meine Seele Rühmt Und Preist, BWV 189 | Johann Sebastian Bach − Elisabeth Höngen, Heinz Schnauffer, Bayerisches Staatsorchester Dirigent: Fritz Lehmann, Walther Ludwig, Ilse Brix-Meinert, Gustav Scheck, Hermann Töttcher, August Wenzinger, Renate Noll | 1951 | Album |
| Richard Strauss - Elektra - Ich will nichts horen - Was willst du, fremder Mensch | Georg Solti, Christel Goltz, Elisabeth Höngen, Ferdinand Frantz, Bayerisches Staatsorchester | Album | |
| Macbeth | Giuseppe Verdi, Karl Böhm, Elisabeth Höngen, Wiener Philharmoniker | Album | |
| Verdi; Macbeth. Karl Böhm, Documente Eines Kunstlerlebens | Giuseppe Verdi, Elisabeth Höngen, Mathieu Ahlersmeyer, Herbert Alsen, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Karl Böhm | Album | |
| Isolde's Narrative And Curse - Tristan & Isolde - Wagner | Kirsten Flagstad, Elisabeth Höngen, Philharmonia Orchestra, Issay Dobrowen | Album | |
| Sinfonie Nr. 9 D-moll Op. 125 / Sinfonie Nr. 41 C-dur KV 551 | Ludwig Van Beethoven / Wilma Lipp | Album | |
| Requiem "For Those We Love" | Paul Hindemith - Wiener Symphoniker, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Braun | Album | |
| Wagner: The Ring Of The Nibelung: Siegfried | Richard Wagner / Wilhelm Furtwängler Featuring Kirsten Flagstad, Set Svanholm, Josef Herrmann, Elisabeth Höngen | Album |
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