Christa Ludwig's earliest recording aged 22 LIVE (1950) "Chacun a son gout"

June 1950 Die Fledermaus
Orlofsky: Christa Ludqig
Eisenstein: Willy Hofmann
Conductor: Kurt Schroder
"Ich lade gern mir Gaste ein... Chacun a son gout"
Christa Ludwig's earliest recording - already at age 22 her voice is immensely impressive, and she has an enormously confident interpretive style. A fascinating historical document.
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[@LohengrinO]

Oceanic mezzo voice... one can see the Sea wave in and out in her divine Voice...

[@darylgimmillaro7149]

I heard her as Octavian at SPAC in the mid 60s. When she opened that voice in louder passages, the voice was a warm, large, gorgeous sound that enveloped the entire center.

[@babinesrouges5128]

Rest in Peace !

[@jmiller05]

Ludwig's voice sounds so mature and well-developed at such a young age. She was a phenomenon no doubt.

[@doGreatartistsgrowontrees]

Thank you for this upload. Fascinating. Inexplicably, Ludwig recently came under vicious attack (from phony to much worse) in Parterre Box by one of their own self professed (and esteemed/respected, also inexplicably) "experts".

[@1psoas9]

That chest voice in the "UN of Chacun" -- it's so FUNNY.The whole things is outrageous, but that's what it's supposed to be. What a huge range she had.

[@qwert2020]

In which language is this aria? German? French? Russian?