Jadwiga Wysoczanská

Jadwiga Wysoczanská-Štrosová (24 May 1927 – 31 March 2021) was a Czech operatic soprano. She was a soloist of the National Theatre in Prague.

Jadwiga Wysoczanská
Back row: Jadwiga Wysoczanská, Annie Delorie, Václav Kašlík.
Front row: Ivo Žídek, Ivana Mixová (?) in 1963
Born(1927-05-24)24 May 1927
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died31 March 2021(2021-03-31) (aged 93)
Prague, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech
OccupationOperatic soprano

Life

Born Jadwiga Wysoczanská in Prague,[1] she became a soloist at the National Theatre in 1960,[1][2][3] where she performed the title roles of Smetana's Libuše, Dvořák's Rusalka, Verdi's Aida, and leading roles such as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.[1] She took part in a 1961 recording of Rusalka, as Woodsprite I.[4]

Wysoczanská died in Prague on 31 March 2021, aged 93.[1][2]

References
  1. Martina Klausová: Zemřela Jadwiga Wysoczanská-Štrosová (in Czech) classicpraha.cz 1 April 2021
  2. Ve věku 93 let zemřela sólistka opery Národního divadla Jadwiga Wysoczanská-Štrosová (in Czech) lidovky.cz 1 April 2021
  3. Dnes zemřela sopranistka Jadwiga Wysoczanská-Štrosová (in Czech) operaplus.cz 1 April 2021
  4. Dvorák Rusalka Gramophone January 1996
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