Lucia Popp; “Letter Scene“; EUGENE ONEGIN; Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovky

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ============== Lucia Popp--soprano Stefan Soltesz---conductor Münchner Rundfunkorchester 1987 ================ “Born: November 12, 1939 - Uhorška Veš (now Záhorská Ves), Slovakia (formerly Czechoslovakia) Died: November 16, 1993 - Munich, Germany The esteemed Slovak-born Austrian soprano, Lucia Popp [originally: Lucia Poppová], after finishing school, studied medicine for two semesters. She began her career by training as an actress. Anna Hrusovska-Prosenkova, a voice teacher at the Academy, happened to hear her singing during a performance of Molière’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and offered her voice lessons. Only then did she begin studying music and singing at the Conservatories of Brünn and Prague. She attended the Bratislava Music Academy for four years, completing course in general music and voice studies. She began her studies as a