Zadek, Hilde, 1917-2019

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Hildegard Zadek (15 December 1917 – 21 February 2019)[2] was a German operatic soprano. She was Kammersängerin at the Vienna State Opera and performed internationally. born in Bromberg, Province of Posen, on 15 December 1917 After her hometown became Polish after World War I, her parents moved to Stettin in 1920,[4] where Zadek spent her youth.

However, as a Jew she was forced to leave Germany in 1934 and settled in then Palestine, where she worked as a nurse and shoe saleswoman in Jerusalem, while studying voice with Rose Pauly. In 1945, she returned to Europe and studied at the Zurich Conservatory with Ria Ginster.[5] She made her operatic debut on 3 February 1947 at the Vienna State Opera Zadek died in Karlsruhe on 21 February 2019 at the age of 101.[10]

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Name Entry: Zadek, Hilde, 1917-2019

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