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German operatic soprano (1917–2019)

Hildegard Zadek (15 December 1917 – 21 February 2019)^[2] was a German operatic soprano. She was Kammersängerin at the Vienna State Opera and performed internationally.

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Early life

Zadek, the oldest of three daughters of Elizabeth (Freundlich) and Alex Zadek, was born in Bromberg, Province of Posen, on 15 December 1917.^[3] After her hometown became Polish after World War I, her parents moved to Stettin in 1920,^[4] where Zadek spent her youth.

However, 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, while studying voice with Rose Pauly.

In 1945, she returned to Europe and studied at the Zurich Conservatory with Ria Ginster.^[5]

Life and career

She made her operatic debut on 3 February 1947 at the Vienna State Opera in the title role of Verdi's Aida to great acclaim; she remained with this