By Adam Nossiter Edith Mathis, a light-voiced Swiss soprano who sparkled in Bach, Mozart and Weber and was the agile-voiced favorite of several of the conducting giants who dominated mid-20th ...

Studies followed at the Lucerne Conservatory. From 1959-65 Edith Mathis was engaged at the opera houses of Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, and since has appeared at the world’s major opera houses.

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Swiss soprano Edith Mathis died on February 9 at the age of 87, according to the Lucerne Theater website. She was considered an outstanding interpreter of Mozart. This content ...

Mathis took part in some 30 opera recordings. Born in Lucerne in 1938, she made her debut in her home town in 1957, then went on to sing in Cologne, Hamburg for many years, Covent Garden Opera in ...