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Rita StreichRita Streich Rita Streich German opera soprano (1920–1987) Rita Streich (18 December 1920 – 20 March 1987) was a German opera singer, regarded as one of the most admired and recorded lyric coloratura sopranos of the post-war period. Quick facts Born, Died ... Rita Streich Rita Streich as Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, 1946 Born (1920-12-18)18 December 1920 Barnaul, Russia SFSR Died 20 March 1987(1987-03-20) (aged 66) Vienna, Austria Occupation Operatic soprano Years active 1943–1974 Close Biography Rita Streich was born in Barnaul, southern Siberia, in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), to a Russian mother, and a German father who had been a prisoner of war there during World War I. She moved to Germany with her… (Source: Wikipedia)
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