Hanna Ludwig

Hanna Ludwig (10 January 191811 March 2014) was a German contralto and mezzo-soprano and an academic voice teacher. She participated in several roles at the first Bayreuth Festival after World War II and performed leading roles at major European opera houses, such as the title role of Der Rosenkavalier at the Vienna State Opera. She toured the world as a lieder singer. After retiring from the stage she turned to teaching in Ankara and, from 1971, at the Mozarteum.

Life Born in Lauterach, Bavaria, Ludwig received voice lessons in Munich from Luise Willer and Rudolf Hartmann, and also from Franziska Martienssen-Lohmann.

In 1951, she was invited by Wieland Wagner to perform at the first Bayreuth Festival after World War II. She appeared as Fricka, Rossweiße and Wellgunde in Der Ring des Nibelungen and as a flower maiden as well as a squire in Parsifal. The following year, she was Waltraute in Die Walküre instead of Fricka.