Brigitte Fassbaender
Brigitte Fassbaender | |
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Fassbaender in 2013 | |
| Born | 3 July 1939 Berlin, Germany |
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| Title | Kammersängerin |
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| Awards | Légion d'honneur |
Brigitte Fassbaender (German: [bʁiˈɡɪtə ˈfasbɛndɐ]; born 3 July 1939), is a German mezzo-soprano opera singer and a stage director. From 1999 to 2012 she was intendant (managing director) of the Tyrolean State Theatre in Innsbruck, Austria. She holds the title Kammersängerin from the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and the Vienna Staatsoper.