Lilian Benningsen

Lilian Benningsen (17 July 1924 – 12 June 2014) was an Austrian operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto. She made an international career based at the Bavarian State Opera for decades, where she first appeared as Eboli in Verdi's Don Carlos. She created several roles, such as Carolina in Henze's Elegie für junge Liebende at the 1961 Schwetzingen Festival. Her recordings include both operas and concerts.

Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12 - 2021-05-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel - 2021-01-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Bach: Cantatas & Magnificat, BWV 243 - 2018-05-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: Výlety páne Brouckovy - 2016-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of Windsor) - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Janáček: Výlety páne Brouckovy, JW I/7 (Sung in German) [Bayerische Staatsoper Live] - 2016-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Giordano: Andrea Chénier - 2015-10-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Stars der Operette: Herta Talmar - 2015-04-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Künneke: Das Dorf ohne Glocke - 2015-03-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Johann Sebastian Bach: The Collection - 2015-02-03T00:00:00.000000Z

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 (1954) - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (1954) - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 (Recorded 1954) [Live] - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov - 2015-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Korngold: die Tote Stadt - 2015-01-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin, Op. 24 (Complete Recording) - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Straus: Ein Walzertraum - 2014-09-29T00:00:00.000000Z

R. Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58, TrV 223 (Recorded 1955) - 2014-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58, TrV 223 (Recorded 1955) - 2014-07-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Eugen Onegin - 2008-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Die Verkaufte Braut - 2008-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Oscar Straus - Ein Walzertraum - 2007-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Strauss: Die Aegyptische Helena - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Die Fran Ohne Schatten - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Kiri - A Portrait - 1999-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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