Judith Beckmann

Judith Beckmann (May 10, 1935 – February 19, 2022 ) was an American-German soprano. She had spent the majority of her stage career in Germany and Austria.

Life and work Beckmann was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, This was the beginning of an ongoing and successful career with engagements at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.

From 1964, Beckmann was a permanent member at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf and from 1967 at the Hamburg State Opera. She appeared in Albert Lortzing's Der Wildschütz and was a "most alluring Eurydice in Jacques Offenbach's parody of the Orpheus story". From 1969 she appeared with the Vienna State Opera.

Beckmann has won acclaim for her interpretations of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and has recorded cantatas such as Höchsterwünschtes Freudenfest, BWV 194. She is married to conductor Irving Beckmann. Their daughter is the conductor Catherine Rückwardt.