| LC control no. | n 82056922 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.Z32 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Zadek, Hilde, 1917-2019 |
| Variant(s) | Zadek, Hildegard, 1917-2019 |
| Located | Stettin (Germany) Berlin (Germany) Munich (Germany) Haifa (Israel) Jerusalem Zurich (Switzerland) |
| Birth date | 1917-12-15 |
| Death date | 2019-02-21 |
| Place of birth | Bromberg (Germany) |
| Place of death | Vienna (Austria) |
| Field of activity | Opera |
| Affiliation | Wiener Staatsoper |
| Profession or occupation | Sopranos (Singers) |
| Found in | Mozart, J. C. W. A. Don Giovanni ... Grove music online, Jan. 16, 2007 (Zadek, Hilde; b. Dec. 15, 1917, Bromberg (now Bydgoszcz); German soprano) New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 25, 2019 (in obituary published Feb. 24: Hilde Zadek; soprano; b. Hildegard Zadek, Dec. 15, 1917, Bromberg, Prussia (now Bydgoszcz, Poland); in 1920 the family moved to Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland); fled in 1934 to Berlin, then to Munich and, in 1935, to Haifa, in what was then Palestine; later moved to Jerusalem; moved to Switzerland in 1945, working as an au pair and studying at the Zurich Conservatory; sang for Franz Salmhofer, the director of the Vienna State Opera, who engaged her for her career-making Aida (Feb. 1947); she would be a mainstay of the company for the next 25 years; retired in 1971; died Thursday [Feb. 21, 2019], aged 101; made Vienna her home to the end of her life) |
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