| LC control no. | n 83155664 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML420.B742 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Borkh, Inge |
| Variant(s) | Borkh, I. (Inge) Simon, Ingeborg (Soprano) |
| Associated country | Switzerland |
| Located | Geneva (Switzerland) Vienna (Austria) |
| Birth date | [1917-05-26,1921-05-26] |
| Death date | 2018-08-26 |
| Place of birth | Mannheim (Germany) |
| Place of death | Stuttgart (Germany) |
| Field of activity | Opera |
| Profession or occupation | Sopranos (Singers) |
| Found in | Strauss, R. Salome [SR] p1980: labels (I. Borkh) container (Inge Borkh, soprano) New Grove (Borkh, Inge; b. 5-26-1921, Mannheim; Swiss soprano of German birth) Grove music online, September 2, 2015 (Borkh, Inge (Simon, Ingeborg); born May 26, 1917, Mannheim; Swiss soprano) Oxford dictionary of music online, September 2, 2105 (Borkh, Inge (Simon, Ingeborg); born 1917, Mannheim; Ger.-born Swiss soprano) Kutsch/Riemens, 3. erw. Aufl. (Borkh, Inge; born Ingeborg Simon, May 26, 1921 (according to other sources: 1917), Mannheim; soprano) International dictionary of opera, c1993 (Borkh, Inge (real name: Ingeborg Simon); born May 26, 1917, Mannheim; soprano) Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 2. Ausgabe (Borkh, Inge (originally: Ingeborg Simon); born May 26, 1921, Mannheim; singer) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 29, 2018 (in obituary published Aug. 28: Inge Borkh; b. Ingeborg Simon, May 26, 1921, Mannheim; fled Germany with her family in 1935, after the rise of the Nazis, settling first in Geneva and then in Vienna; after the Anschluss, in 1938, she returned to Switzerland; made her debut in 1940 in Lucerne, adopting Inge Borkh as her stage name; d. Sunday [Aug. 26, 2018], Stuttgart, aged 97; soprano who inhabited with thrilling intensity some of the most hair-raising and daunting roles in the operatic repertoire) |
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