Lisa Della Casa | |
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Born | |
Died | 10 December 2012 Münsterlingen, Switzerland | (aged 93)
Occupation | Soprano singer |
Years active | 1940–1974 |
Organisation(s) | Zürich Opera House Vienna State Opera |
Spouses | Ernst Geiser
(m. 1944; div. 1949)Dragan Debeljevic (m. 1949) |
Lisa Della Casa (2 February 1919 – 10 December 2012) was a Swiss soprano most admired for her interpretations of major heroines in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Richard Strauss, and of German lieder. She was also described as “the most beautiful woman on the operatic stage”.[1]