The years were not kind to soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, who died yesterday at the age of 90. When she retired in the mid-1970s, she was an all-but-universally-adored diva -- a beautiful and ...

Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, whose fine-spun vocal tone and studied elegance made her one of the most important singers of the postwar decades, died Thursday at her home in Schruns, Austria. She was ...

To lovers of art song who built record collections during the first flowering of the LP era, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915-2006) was the consummate interpreter to whom all other lyric sopranos were ...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 90, an opera luminary celebrated as one of the finest coloratura sopranos of her generation but whose early membership in the Nazi Party long haunted her reputation, died Aug. 3 ...

German soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf died Thursday at age 90. Along with Maria Callas, she was considered one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century. Washington Post critic Tim Page and ...

Until last week, Germany’s Elisabeth Schwarzkopf was known in the U.S. only by recordings—and by reports from Europe—of her lyric soprano. Last week Manhattan music lovers packed into Town Hall for ...

Note: This obituary has been altered. Originally, the Associated Press misreported the family ties between Elizabeth Schwarzkopf and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. VIENNA, Austria -- Famed soprano Elisabeth ...

French opera fans are wary of opera sung in foreign tongues: German, in particular, they think, is a language that sits uneasily in the throat. Nevertheless, when Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, 46, ...

Of the many great classical singers since World War II, there are comparatively few whose voices are recognizable almost by a single note. Like Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti and the late ...