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Biography
Christa Ludwig was a German mezzo-soprano and sometime dramatic soprano, distinguished for her performances of opera, lieder, oratorio, and other major religious works like masses, passions, and solos in symphonic literature. Her performing career spanned almost half a century, from the late 1940s until the early 1990s.
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Awards & recognition
- Gramophone Award — Lifetime Achievement · 2016
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Merit · 2015
- Berliner Bär · 1995
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Great Silver Medal of Honour — Services to the Republic of Austria
- Österreichischer Kammersänger
