The Resume

(March 16, 1928-April 24, 2021)
Sang in 'Der Rosenkavalier,' 'The Marriage of Figaro,' 'Carmen,' 'Cosi fan tutte,' 'Fidelio,' 'Les Troyens,' 'Elektra,' 'Parsifal,' 'Don Giovanni,' 'Tannhauser,' 'Tristan und Isolde,' 'Die Walkure' and 'Candide'
Specialized in German Lieder

Why she might be annoying:

When she retired, she said: 'Singing for me was a job - I don't miss it.'
She once outraged a Catholic priest by performing for him in a revealing dress.
She was an inattentive mother.
She doesn't believe that performers can ever truly be friends with each other.

Why she might not be annoying:

She is frank and unpretentious.
Unlike many opera stars of her generation, she wasn't a blimp.
She was accomplished in many different musical styles.
Her father was (literally) a Nazi who treated her horribly.
She lived with her domineering mother until she was in her twenties.
Even after she became famous, her mother continued to control her for another forty years.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Born in Berlin, Germany
• Carnegie Hall Concerts
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [March] (Ranked: 3161928)
• I Died in 2021 (Ranked: 93)
• I Performed in Leonard Bernstein’s 60th Birthday Concert [August 25, 1978]
• I Sing About Gypsies
• Opera Singers and Composers
• Profiles 12001-12250 (Ranked: 12247)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 3]
• Women With Deep Voices

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 74 Votes: 63.51% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 66 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 55 Votes: 49.09% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 124 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 62 Votes: 74.19% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 166 Votes: 49.40% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 83 Votes: 42.17% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 100 Votes: 36.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 150 Votes: 44.67% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 473 Votes: 42.71% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 396 Votes: 43.43% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 198 Votes: 25.25% Annoying