Rita Streich

Rita Streich
Rita Streich as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, 1946
Born(1920-12-18)18 December 1920
Barnaul, Russia SFSR
Died20 March 1987(1987-03-20) (aged 66)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityWest Germany
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active1943–1974

Rita Streich (18 December 1920 – 20 March 1987) was a German opera singer, regarded as one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period.

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