Rita Streich | |
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![]() Rita Streich as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, 1946 | |
Born | Barnaul, Russia SFSR | 18 December 1920
Died | 20 March 1987 Vienna, Austria | (aged 66)
Nationality | West Germany |
Occupation | Operatic soprano |
Years active | 1943–1974 |
Rita Streich (18 December 1920 – 20 March 1987) was a German opera singer, regarded as one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period.