Lilian Benningsen

Lilian Benningsen (17 July 1924 – 12 June 2014) was an Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto. She made an international career based at the Bavarian State Opera for decades, where she first appeared as Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlos. She created several roles, such as Carolina in Henze's Elegie für junge Liebende at the 1961 Schwetzingen Festival. Her recordings include both operas and concerts.

Irmgard Seefried sings Mozart - 2025-01-17T00:00:00.000000Z

R. Strauss: Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80, TrV 265 - 2024-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Egk: Irische Legende (Live) - 2019-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bach: Cantatas & Magnificat, BWV 243 - 2018-05-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: Výlety páne Brouckovy - 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (Bayerische Staatsoper Live) - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: Výlety páne Brouckovy, JW I/7 (Sung in German) [Bayerische Staatsoper Live] - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Collection - 2015-02-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 (1954) - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (1954) - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 (Recorded 1954) [Live] - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5 (Recorded 1954) - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58, TrV 223 (Recorded 1955) - 2014-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bach: Cantatas & Magnificat, BWV 243 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Kiri - A Portrait - 1999-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Kiri on Broadway - 1989-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Lerner & Loewe: My Fair Lady - 1987-08-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro - 1961-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Bach: Cantatas BWV 67, 108 & 127 - 1960-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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