DIE DEUTSCHE DIVA
Ingeborg Hallstein burst onto the scene in 1959 with an uncommonly sweet voice and beautiful face and figure, which immediately moved her front and center in German musical life. As with her contemporaries Erika Koeth and Anneliese Rothenberger, she assailed music ranging from Mozart's most demanding coloratura arias to an array of lieder, and beer barrels full of operetta. She didn't record the many new works she premiered by Henze, Egk, and Milhaud -- but she spent lots of time in the studio warbling away in the three basics: opera, operetta, and lieder.

In the album covers for each of these musical styles, she maintains her charming, accessible, glamorous personality. However, you can see a distinct shift in her image over a decade: from that of a vivacious young fashion-plate to a more formal, almost prudent (yet still gracious) musician. This is quite apparent when comparing the cover stylings of her original Polydor recitals in the 1960s with their BASF reissues in the 1970s.

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EIN SANGERPORTRAIT

 

MOZART KONZERT-ARIEN

 

MOZART ARIAS



IM LANDE DER LIEDER

 

ZAUBERREICH DER OPERETTE

 

DAS LAND DES LACHELNS



BLUMEN AUS DEM SUDEN

 

NIEMAND LIEBT DICH SO WIE ICH

 

WALTZERTRAUME



LIEBESTRAUME

 

EIN SANGERIN VON HEUTE

 

STARDISKOTHEK



JA SO IST SIE

 

GROTHE ARIAS

 

DER BARBER VON SEVILLA



SINGT AUS DEUTSCHEN OPERN

 

MEIN LIEDERABEND

 

MEIN WALTZERTRAUM



RUSSIAN SONG CYCLES

 

STRAUSS LIEDER

 

DIE SCHOENSTEN MELODIEN



ICH MIR KLINGT EIN LIED

 

LIEDER FUR UNSERE KLEINEN

 

DIE FLEDERMAUS



FANNY EISLER

 

HAB ICH NUR DEINE LIEBE



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