Person Open DS/UK/8878 Zadek; Hilde (15 December 1917-21 February 2019); German soprano singer Zadek Hilde 15 December 1917-21 February 2019 German soprano singer Female (cisgender) Hildegard Zadek Bromberg, Province of Posen, Prussia (born - now Poland)

German Musician; Singer, soprano White No known disability Jewish Daughter of Alex Zadek and Elisabeth Freundlich (Jewish family) Partner of Maria Venuti (American soprano singer) Gay / Lesbian Hilde Zadek was a German operatic soprano. She was Kammersängerin at the Vienna State Opera and performed internationally. 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. She made her operatic debut in 1947 at the Vienna State Opera in the title role of Verdi's Aida to great acclaim; she remained with this theatre until 1971. The following year she first appeared at the Salzburg Festival, where she appeared as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni, as Vittelia in his La clemenza di Tito, and in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. Her repertory also included Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin, Eva in his Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, and the title roles of Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride and Puccini's Tosca. Centenarian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilde_Zadek (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbaulcombe 11/8/2013 RAHAKirkbride 11/9/2022 f3d448cc-af30-4dac-8a9c-458e320f9acb