Edda Moser
Edda Moser is a German soprano, born on October 27, 1938 in Berlin, Germany. She is the daughter of the musicologist Hans Joachim Moser.
Moser made her debut as Kate Pinkerton, in 1962. In 1968, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera, in the role of Wellgunde in Das Rheingold, and sang there several roles for 9 seasons. These roles included the parts of Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) and the Königin der Nacht (Die Zauberflöte), both by Mozart.
She maintained an extensive repertoire, singing both dramatic coloratura and lirico spinto roles. She played Donna Anna in Joseph Losey's movie of Don Giovanni. She was one of the original performers of Hans Werner Henze's oratorio Das Floß der Medusa which she created on disc, as the intended premiere in Hamburg was cancelled after a disturbance.
She had a beautiful instrument, as testified by her singing of the Donna Anna role from Mozart's Don Giovanni (examples: her "Crudele? Ah no! mio ben!" and "Or sai chi l'onore"), of the "Liebestod" from Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, and of various lieder, especially that of Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann (example: her rendition of Brahms's "die Mainacht", Op. 43 No.2).
Her voice was chosen for recording on the Golden Phonograph sent into space by NASA on the Voyager 1 & 2 spacecraft in case it should meet intelligent life. (The piece sung is the Queen of the Night from Mozart's The Magic Flute, no. 14 from the recording by Wolfgang Sawallisch).
After retiring from opera Edda Moser remained active as a recitalist during the late nineties. She gave several memorable concerts in Germany with Ivan Törzs at the piano (Dresden, Semper Opera House 1997, Stadttheater Giessen 1999) with programs ranging from Johann Adolph Hasse to Clara Schumann and Richard Strauss. She gave her farewell performance in Munich in 1999 at the Cuvilliés Theatre.
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