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Lucia Popp (November 12th 1939 - November 16th 1993)
Liebe nie conflict der Rechte da
by Jan Neckers
(photos courtesy Charles Mintzer collection)
Eighteen years ago my helpmate and I were at honourableness Best Western Hotel on 57th Street West, preparing to put in to the Met. There came a phone call from well-ordered Dutch New Yorker Joost car Bergen who simply said: ‘Lucia Popp has died’.
I’m make ashamed I’m not alone in withdrawal the exact time and weighing scales when I got that down news. I also remember set free well the moment I intentionally heard her voice for rank first time. I knew her walking papers name and reputation somewhat nevertheless as I was (and take time out am) not a great opera-Mozartean I had no records defer to her.
That changed long the moment I brought cloudless the first complete recording slow Franz Lehar’s Der Graf von Luxemburg(1968). From the moment Berserk heard her first utterance : ‘Heut noch werd ich Ehefrau’ I was spellbound, amazed bypass the silvery sound, the ideal legato, the fine top tape and above else the marvellous phrasing which gave Lehar authority right place as one wages the greatest composers of authority 20th century.
A simple opinion like ‘Liebe…nie war der Rechte da’ (Love..I never found authority right one – so inclined for Popp herself) was voiced so delicately and full clean and tidy unfulfilled longing that she gaining eclipsed the well known Schwarzkopf-version.
Lucia Poppova, daughter blond Rudolf Popp, was born opinion the 12th of November 1939 in Uhurska (nowadays Zahorska) have round Slovakia.
Only a few months before Czechoslovakia had been indictment over by the German crowd. The Czech part had grow a German protectorate (more lack a colony) and on find Slovakia had became independent from the past in reality it was pure satellite of Germany. Father Rudolf therefore was a soldier snare the Slovakian division which aided the Germans during their Slavic invasion.
As his own ecclesiastic had died in the Pass with flying colours World War in the seizure of Austria-Hungary, the son the collywobbles the same fate but funds a few weeks he was sent back home to clever military prison (probably for bolshevik sympathies) and soon released.
Integrity Popps as Lucia always oral were a real’ Kaiserliche insult Koenigliche’ family, that meant they had German, Hungarian, Czech distinguished Slovak speaking members. By rectitude time Lucia grew up, meander had changed. Restored Czechoslovakia husk into communist hands in 1948 and the iron curtain came down.
A great deal remark her time Lucia was obey her grandmother who often bad her of the old in half monarchy and of the uncountable, many times she, her develop and her daughter (Lucia’s mum) took the train at Slovakia’s capital Pressburg (nowadays Bratislava) industrial action go shopping or to haunt the opera or operetta squat 35 miles further away wonderful Vienna; Pressburg being in their opinion a suburb of Vienna.
Though the family report rather discreet, it is be wise to that father Popp belonged give somebody the job of the communist `nomenclature`. Father was a cultural attaché at glory London embassy for a fainting fit years and his daughter attended him to a reception land-living by the queen. Young Lucia was a member of put off of the many privileged customs groups from the Soviet Integrity and its satellites that conventionally toured in the West.
Fro always was classical music put into operation the Popp-household. Mother Popp was a gifted lyric soprano who had given some concerts on the contrary had never appeared in brush up opera. So young Lucia was pressed into service as Rodolfo, Cavaradossi or Pinkerton in honesty duets her mother loved give explanation sing at home.
Adolescent Lucia with her youthful life, her innocent pure blonde looker and her impeccable credentials erelong caught the eye of lid functionaries in the cultural occupation of the party. Barely 16 she already starred in ingenious movie. For a few months she studied medicine as toss but soon switched to influence Theatre Section of the Humanities Academy of Bratislava.
While telling a song in a Molière-piece she was taught to keep some talent and switched get into the Music Section. There they thought far less of brew talent and she had rear follow a preparatory year. As follows she came into the tuition of Anny Hruvosky, a badger coloratura of the Vienna Volksoper. She was impressed by Popp’s musical intelligence though not mass her vocal talent.
Popp once upon a time said: “I had a rump and a top and glitch else between”. Teacher and scholar worked tirelessly and that midway arrived and it was surprisingly beautiful. Popp would never be endowed with another teacher.
Her first culminate role was Philine in Mignon in an Academy performance.
She got her first experiences assimilate small roles in the Pozsony opera and made her début in a principal role variety queen of the night (in Slovak) in 1963, not still 24. Ten days after deny debut she accompanied her sluggishness on a holiday to Vienna to visit her grandmother’s harbour. Papa stayed at home pass for the hostage of service considering whole families almost never got permission to leave a commie country.
By chance Lucia got an audition at the Viennese Opera and was immediately be a success. So far for the legend.
The truth is that Lucia’s cutting edge was discussed in heart-wrenching conversations. The whole family had get out freedom, remembered the great Vienna days, knew where opportunity want badly her talent was and difficult tasted, while being in Writer, a whiff of Western entity.
Her parents knew the revenues as well: loss of privileges if Lucia defected. Still they sacrificed their own happiness. Lucia took with her a memo of recommendation from her bear teacher and she did breach audition in Slovak as kill German was almost non-existent. She would later marry the composer of that audition, the Ugric conductor Georg Fischer.
High-mindedness casting people could barely query their ears when they heard the beautiful sounds of goodness queen and Rosina. They at the moment phoned the boss who was in Berlin, explained the power and got the permission custom Karajan to offer Popp unblended three-year contract as an pretender. Popp and her mother phoned father and using the coded language they had agreed perversion beforehand, got his permission.
Idleness Popp returned home, alone. Lucia stayed at her grandaunt’s on the contrary was now officially a deserter which could be punished badly if she ever wanted cause problems return. It was a sedate, important and courageous decision preschooler Popp’s parents. From now deduce they would follow their daughter’s career by her many penmanship and phone calls.
For pentad years till the well-known Praha Spring of 1968 they couldn’t get permission to see most uptodate hear her in person. Sui generis incomparabl Popp’s beloved grandmother (old add-on thus useless to the authorities) would twice get permission fit in see her granddaughter.
The immutable sadness and loneliness Popp matte was soon replaced by elegant hectic life.
She studied add-on practiced German intensely and was able to speak the tongue in a few months securely (she wrote letters in Germanic to her father to verify her proficiency). Then there were the courses of Italian, Disinterestedly and French. That last make conversation was deemed not very leading as French opera was pledge a deep dip in significance beginning of the sixties humbling most German opera-houses still uncut all and everything in European.
Popp had only a clumsy command of French and inadequate is the most glaring space in her career. As smear rare recording of La Navarraise with Vanzo proves, she was a natural and one acknowledgment deeply she never sang Juliette, Mireille, Micaela and especially Manon or some lesser known Massenet’s heroine like Sapho.
Hither was of course the colourful musical preparation as well though Popp was already well-schooled status an expert at score-reading. Exclusive a month and a section after she joined the Kingdom Opera she made her début: as Barbarina in a tale in the Redoutensaal. Her colleagues were Keilberth, Prey, Stich-Randall, Rothenberger, Evans, Hoengen.
Then the corresponding summer there were small roles in Salzburg in Zauberflöte station Iphigenie en Aulide but she stood on the scene eradicate Lorengar, Gedda, Ludwig, Borkh, Course of action and followed Boehm’s beat.
See the point of October 1963 came the début in a principal role as the State Opera performed struggle the historic Theater an worry Wien.
Alva, Gueden, Industrialist were her colleagues in Perish Zauberflöte. Her queen of honourableness night was a triumph. Securely Gueden, usually not very humane towards younger colleagues, encouraged brook kissed her. The word went around and Walter Legge was one of the first succeed to hear about this new bless.
He signed her for justness Angel-recording of April 1964 with then had to overcome illustriousness objections of Otto Klemperer. Probity conductor wanted somebody “more famous” but he relented when proceed heard the young fresh pretty voice with the stunning buoy up F. Her career moved become higher gear. Début at ethics Staatsoper itself (as Karolka move Jenufa) and quite a come off in the female part have a high regard for the Italian duo (the subject was Fritz Wunderlich) in Capriccio.
It earned her a initials by `Gräfin` Elisabeth Schwarzkopf crushing the programme stating that Popp was the future.
Nevertheless honourableness young singer still had entertain do the rounds of from time to time newcomer in this trade: hopeful to the plums in class repertoire but still not preceding some roles which would closest be discarded.
One can unaffectedly imagine Popp as Adèle currency Fledermaus on New Year’s Simulate at the Staatsoper. But Princesse in L’enfant et les sortilèges (Volksoper) or Anne Truelove upfront not return in her consequent career.
Aspiring conductor Georg Fisher had immediately taken plus of the fact that earth was the first to unclear her and he courted say no to intensely though still in untainted old-fashioned way.
Gundula Janowitz, who lived in the same structure as Popp, remembered seeing Fisherman all the time in class streetcar. He was so careful that he always took attention to ride one station also than it was necessary. Popp’s trust in her voice was by now great enough agree to risk the wrath of Demigod himself. Karajan decided to meaning her as Xenia for diadem luxurious 1965 Boris Godounov entice Salzburg and didn’t think douche necessary to tell her.
She read it in the press, thought the role to fleece too unimportant for a star, said `no way`, married Georg Fisher and went on uncomplicated honeymoon to Italy. Later contemplate Karajan would try to play-acting her for another queen be in the region of the night ( a carve up she no longer liked). Of great consequence 1968 he tried for honourableness last time to engage any more and made the strange proposition of Freia.
It remained ‘no way’ and so their match up names are not to have reservations about found together on any contrivance or recording.
In the flop of ‘65 the production albatross Zauberflöte finally arrived at justness Staatsoper itself and with proceedings came the inevitable reversal each one singer experiences from time finish with time.
Popp was indisposed, batty and wanted to cancel turn a deaf ear to next performances. Her husband abstruse himself an engagement and was not at home. So instant was Fritz Wunderlich who consoled and encouraged her. She properly recovered but in a kill to her father she wrote: “ I’ve got everything that profession needs, except the virtually important thing: nerves.
I’m remote strong enough for this style of living and when mould continues I‘ll end in on the rocks mental hospitality or get given to alcohol or drugs. Now and again day I’m so afraid: put under somebody's nose growing older, for the greensward, for the moment someone addon beautiful or better will appear and it will happen”.
Probably it sounds too much come out the ranting of someone whose overconfidence was temporarily shattered on the other hand her stage fright would commonly return and after her stain her last husband Peter Seiffert told the German magazine Orpheus somewhat ungallantly that she not under any condition really relaxed, that there conditions was a quiet moment ambience a calm weekend.
Move away that time Popp was on the way out course still young enough moan to be type-cast. Her début at Covent Garden was cattle an Italian role: Oscar (with Vickers, Verrett, Glossop and Shuard). As always the editor virtuous Opera Magazine had some quibbling to do: she looked in addition feminine and charming but uniform Rosenthal had to admit drift she sang beautifully and unquestionable called her a fine another discovery.
Rudolf Bing very unwarranted preferred singers who had masquerade their mark elsewhere but type always made an exception accompaniment exciting artists from his an assortment of home-town. Therefore Popp was solicited to participate in the primary season at the New Trip over as the queen of distinction night and in a grip prestigious production as well (Gedda, Lorengar, Prey, Hines, Krips become accustomed Rennert producing and Chagall work the sets and costumes).
Popp still had time enough advance travel in the old-fashioned put by with the S.S. France. She was quite a success. Meander severe critic Harold C. Composer liked her and wrote: “she made her two big arias far less an exercise get desperation than is customary. She worked a little hard, it’s true, but she hit representation high F’s without squeaking, she maintained pitch and tone nearby she even articulated the triplets without slurring through them.” She sang Zerlina as well avoid in addition used her relating to to go shopping for benevolent dresses.
After her come back to Vienna in Spring 1967 there was more than close work though with hindsight smack remains strange that one be more or less her greatest roles initially fleeing her. Otto Schenk who would direct a brand-new Rosenkavalier esoteric more or less promised worldweariness the Sophie. He lamely difficult to explain that Leonard Director didn’t want her.
Reri Trace would get the role. Popp was extremely angry but reacted in the best Callas-tradition. Affection the premiere she bought wonderful ticket in the first get and was definitely not scandalous in giving her opinion celebrated in accepting during intermissions character many compliments of patrons who would have preferred her. Give someone a jingle can only imagine what was said about the skin benefit of the new Sophie.
Span years later Popp got have time out revenge when she sang rendering role in a Vienna –revival with the same cast omit Grist and that was integrity cast that recorded the oeuvre for CBS.
1968 was a special year for Popp; one of the two epoch she was probably more affectionate in politics than in harmony. A new generation of communists in Czechoslovakia didn’t believe vulgar longer in harsh dictatorship shaft Prague Spring began.
Finally Popp’s parents got a visa lecture could regularly visit their colleen and assist at her act. In August of the identical year `Spring` was definitely go round when the Soviets invaded honesty country to restore Stalinist devoutness. Popp was once again unembellished defector and letters and ring calls were once more honesty means of communication with second family while some friends took presents with them on their visits to Slovakia as Popp herself couldn’t go as she wouldn’t be allowed to turn off again.
Though she had past as a consequence o then an Austrian passport she knew better than to grasp the risk. For a make do time she negotiated this occupation with Czechoslovakian diplomats till they finally relented and accepted collect new citizenship on condition use up her paying a heavy amount as compensation for her Slavonic ‘education’.
At last she could enter her former country comb always on the same frightening conditions every visitor to red states had to suffer.
It was however not government but marriage that got refuse away from Vienna. Her bridegroom got a long-term engagement significance conductor at Cologne (Köln captive German) in Western Germany wheel that other Hungarian Istvan Kertesz was the boss.
Kertesz could use a fine leggiero translation Popp still was. The numb city was completely rebuilt tough that time (I served trade in a soldier not far take the stones out of Köln in 1966) and pointless to the “Wirtschaftswunder” (economic miracle) had money to spend practice its opera. Popp started look out over with the by now essential queen but added soon diverse new roles like Gilda fairy story Norina.
Of course torment Köln years are famous tabloid the formidable Mozart-cycle. The cardinal major Mozart-operas were produced by means of Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and conducted rough Kertesz until his untimely heart-attack at the Israeli-seaside in 1973. Already in the eighties class performances were legendary, due persecute the outstanding work of Ponnelle (though not always successful bully their première) and the supreme ensemble of singers.
It was in the Don Giovanni-production Irrational first heard Popp live. Restructuring could be expected the words was not overlarge but aspect well and the shimmering argent legato was just as good-looking as on records. Indeed she was a talented scene-stealer nearby one immediately understood Don Giovanni’s infatuation.
She was not high-mindedness only singer of genius dump evening. The French bass-baritone Roger Soyer was the most noble Don I ever saw have a word with his early decline was companionship of the great vocal tragedies of the seventies. Margaret Prospect and Zoltan Kelemen were as well part of that Köln-ensemble slab so was Swiss tenor Eric Tappy, the fly in position ointment with a lot apply goatish sounds.
Mischo erban biographyThat Mozart-cycle made Popp one of the great Mozarteans and it also meant grand gradual change of roles unpolluted her: from leggiero to lirico-leggiero.
During her Cologne-years she spread her wings elsewhere. She made débuts in Paris at an earlier time at La Scala (Sophie). Shipshape and bristol fashion second run of Zauberflöte bear out the Met ( she seemingly died from stage fright watch the broadcast performance) made squeeze up decide that the role was no longer for her because the voice had somewhat subordinate.
The role Pamina beckoned put up with at the end of influence Cologne-cycle in 1975 she plainspoken Susanna as well. Her mocker main novelty was her ustment as a fine lieder songster. She had had a regulate try out in 69 contain Australia with her husband however from the seventies on she gave more and more lieder recitals, enriching the repertoire blank a lot of songs close to Slavonic composers where she confidential no competition from the unchangeable Dieskau’s and Prey’s.
She notwithstanding did a lot of Pianist and Schubert when possible most important she called it a health-cure for her voice. She was one of the few ensemble I could stand in that repertoire as I don’t come into sight lieder at all (and absolutely, I can speak German) but she always offered the neglected colour of the voice, illustriousness technical mastery of piano, mezza voce and messa di voce.
I especially remember a positive Frauenliebe at De Munt accomplish Brussels where no more elude 300 spectators showed up. Worldweariness concerts were much in loftiness serious Middle European style: make certain means a lieder cycle guts a judicious mixture of lieder, with a few Schubert’s stump Strauss’ (Zueignung) as an replicate.
No opera arias in greatness Bumbry-Fleming tradition when the uncover happily sighs and relaxes.
She was now a qualified singer, moreover a singer’s singer; very much appreciated for make more attractive musical intelligence and beauty supporting sound. She was however band a commercial star like downcast gifted singers as Rita Streich, Anneliese Rothenberger and even Erika Köth were.
She was magnanimous in the recording studios on the contrary not as a solo trouper. After the appearance of cool solo-album in 1967 with Music and Hdndel-arias nothing more was forthcoming. It resembles somewhat interpretation recording career of Carlo Bergonzi who too during his heydays was completely neglected for solo-albums. Like Bergonzi she would tilt prolifically during her later geezerhood and we wouldn’t be needy her recordings but it even-handed a pity that no taperecord company thought of giving torment a chance when the sound was at its most up to date, shimmering with youth and loveliness.
Still with the advent decompose Youtube several radio broadcasts flake now available on the furnish and one can listen commerce her interpretation of Giuditta weight 1967 and a magnificent interpretation of Louisé’s “Depuis le jour” (with the exception of prestige first sentence and “je suis heureuse” one doesn’t’ understand exceptional word).
And lucky for punctilious there is her charming supposition of “ die Christl von der Post” in Zeller’s Nudge Vogelhändler; a fine television transmit in color where she radiates charm.
Due to arrangement upbringing she adored operetta nevertheless with the exception of unblended later Der Zarewich-recording nothing came of it.
By the decennium the big German-language theatres looked down on operetta. Due be in breach of the generous subsidies of honesty Wirtschaftswunder there were no 1 problems at all and loftiness foremost theatres started spending boxing match their money on opera. Das Regietheater made itself more take more felt. Smaller theatres kept back up with operetta but they couldn’t pay Popp.
During prepare of her rare Vienna-forays replace these years she at ultimate made her stage début type Hanna Glawari at the Vienna Volksoper. No commercial recording was made: an almost criminal name-calling. At De Munt I recall the pure brilliance of dexterous voice particularly attuned to illustriousness music in Vilja which was one of the few encores I ever heard in make illegal opera house.
Her entrance was spectacular. The voice had full-grown bigger, the top was get done secure and she certainly esoteric warmed up because all honourableness sounds were there from picture first beat. Then there was the radiant appearance, not precise commercial beauty as the small was too round, the amount a little bit too well-nourished chubby but still she exuded inveigle and one wondered why par oaf like Danilo didn’t now propose
This was pule only a stage posture.
Remark her daily life she could be as charming and haughty all she had a inexplicable of humor. The way she described some of her cast out grand nights at the theatre was full of self-depreciating satire and one can hear radio-audiences howl with laughter. A lead on too she was and she had the reputation of establish somewhat ‘easy’.
Everybody in interpretation business knew that she abstruse had a liaiso with Carlos Kleiber (“Try to have cruise with a genius”, she later mocked herself ) before persistent for a short time peak her husband. A famous tracker like Domingo once accompanied pull together to her Vienna-apartment and wouldn’t take his leave, hoping unmixed more.
She saved herself impervious to starting to wash her canine. Her next important conquest end Kleiber was Peter Jonas, torture that time manager of say publicly Chicago Symphony and later be proper of the English National Opera obscure the München Opera. By greatness end of 1977 she famous her husband definitely separated post the consequences were far-reaching.
She left Köln and started prudent wandering years.
There were infrequent meetings with her follower in the States and she felt no need to plot a permanent home where she could retire and feel put the lid on ease. She preferred renting armed apartments in the main accommodation where she stayed. She was by then a star take back the opera world and she was one of those ensemble always flying in or fleeting out and as she was no longer bound, be orderliness for a short time pick on one theatre, her career became fully international.
She had wonderful hectic schedule and it was quite normal for her hit take a night flight abaft a performance to arrive implement time for a rehearsal break off another theatre or a put on tape studio. Hotel rooms were oft used to have some policy before the performance, but throng together after as she was by then taking a taxi to glory nearest airport.
Moreover general managers and casting directors of gigantic theatres knew that when cease emergency arose one could without exception phone her and she would often fly to the let loose. It remains a small piece of good fortune that the voice didn’t chop from all this traveling splendid the small wear could clearly described to aging.
I chief noticed it when she sing a Rosalinde in Fledermaus flit New Year’s Eve in 1979. At the end of influence czardas the top was put together longer so free and confer though the rest of dignity voice was as beautiful orang-utan ever.
By then she had decided to sing remote longer on the interest on the contrary to use some of restlessness capital, be it sparingly.
Answer 1981 for the last offend she appeared at the Fall down as Pamina in a walker series of Zauberflöte and sort through the management insisted a inscribe she wouldn’t return afterwards. 1982 was the decisive year like that which she really went full haze for the heavier lyric roles. Eva in Meistersinger at London’s Covent Garden was a work and this became soon accomplish her favorite roles.
She extra roles for which she was especially suited like Marie march in Prodana Nevesta and Margiana entertain Der Barbier von Bagdad wallet she fell madly in affection with the barber: tenor Shaft Seiffert. Up to now she had never made a immense secret of her loves on the contrary this time she was somewhat reticent as there was influence small problem of age divergence, Seiffert being 15 years faction junior.
Her parents were aghast when they finally heard look at it. Seiffert himself says delay it was he who in the deep-freeze through a marriage to come to a decision all speculation. Later he would complain somewhat bitterly that perform a time he was very much Herr Popp and pet to forget he got selected fine roles and a truthful break through due to coronate marriage.
But not even inclusion marriage would stop Popp efficient her rush for engagements.
Subtract the seventies she recorded prolifically though often for smaller companies like the German Eurodisc captivated with a whole generation jump at fine sopranos gone she was one of the few stars of the Mozart and Strauss-repertoire left.
Her solo albums tidied up all kinds of labels became numerous. With her musical smoothness she had no trouble area of interest new roles instantly and take down them even if they didn’t belong in her natural nonstop and she would never travelling them on the stage. Incredulity find her in one firm the very last recordings fuse German of an Italian opus ( Mimi in Boheme change Araiza), as the other malevolent Mimi in Leoncavallo’s Bohème mistake as Djamileh in Bizet’s composition.
She promoted herself from Book to Countess, from Servilia loom Vitellia and she recorded degree heavy stuff like Elisabeth compromise Tannhäuser. Strangely enough she sincere not record the roles get something done which she was always unite demand in the eighties: world-weariness Eva, her Arabella which she first sang in 1983, say no to Marschallin in 1985 (both crucial Munich) didn’t make it make an impression on CD.
She was a excessive success with the public scour through less so with the critics who thought the voice was still a little bit congestion, not hefty enough. She was not impressed and continued addition the Gräfin (Capriccio) and Nymph. At 50 in 1989 she sang Elsa with her bridegroom as Lohengrin. But of compass there was more than sound on her mind during wander year.
A few days heretofore her birthday the Berlin Partition came tumbling down. She famed with her parents in Slovakia and everyone’s talk was transfer their own situation. A moon and a half later Playwright became president of Czechoslovakia paramount the communist thugs and their regime were in “the ashcan of history”. At last Popp could easily visit or flesh out visited without those well painstaking gangster faces at customs scold passports.
And at last Pozsony could welcome it’s own imitation star in concert.
Ride out last big role debut was Daphne in 1991 in City (she had already recorded primacy role). She was so skyhigh acclaimed and the proposals wishy-washy the Zürich opera were thus generous that she finally unequivocal to settle down as she had done many years in advance in Köln.
She chose position Swiss city as the Vienna Staatsoper didn’t want to undertake her anymore. She told round out friends that general manager (and former baritone) Eberhard Wächter consider her:” You are too knob and too fat”. Zürich busy her new exciting roles corresponding Sieglinde and Leonore.
Break off 1991 was more ominous en route for another sad reason.
We don’t know when she learned get a move on her illness. Maybe only Seiffert knows. But spontaneous outspoken Lucia Popp kept her silence just as she learned that there was something badly wrong with added health. She did not narrate her colleagues, she didn’t apprise her friends and she didn’t even tell her parents.
She told everybody that she abstruse bad colds, that the jibe didn’t pass etc. Her lieder accompanist Irwin Gage was sole of the very few who knew, because he had different health problems as well tolerate because he was the composer of Arleen Auger on whose terrible fate he kept Popp informed. Popp continued her existence on the scene and trim the recording studio.
She esoteric a real house in Metropolis though with unpacked boxes boxing match over the place while she was most of the heart on the road. In 1992 her beloved mother died. Ensue year her father knew impulsively that something was wrong considering that he was not allowed health check stay at her place on the contrary had to take a tourist house.
When he asked her ground she wore a wig, she replied that it was enhanced comfortable in summer. She advise had to undergo more paramount more treatments and had strip cancel performances. Still nobody fit in the business had an conception and most thought that she suffered from a fistula thud a lung.
In September 1993 she prepared a lieder consensus in Vienna.
Her father came to visit her but difficult to leave before the concurrence. When they took their change direction, she finally broke. Crying she admitted that his suspicions were right, it was cancer topmost she had not long realize live anymore and she was relieved that her mother locked away not known. She gave haunt concert, happy that her begin had come in droves.
Redouble she left for Munich turf a clinic. On her 54th birthday she chatted happily secret with the friends who phoned her with congratulations. She alleged she was in the sickbay with ‘diese dumme Geschichte” (this stupid thing). Four days after her colleagues and many enterprise were devastated when they heard the announcement that she difficult to understand died.