{{Short description|French classical soprano}} {{Infobox person | name = Edith Selig | image = | other_names = Édith Selig-Papée | birth_date = 1929 | birth_place = Strasbourg<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/i2TUy65tX11J|title = MatchID - Moteur de recherche des décès}}</ref> | death_date = 21 October 2020 | death_place = Paris, France | education = | occupation = {{plainlist| * Classical soprano * Academic voice teacher }} | organization = {{plainlist| * École Normale de Musique de Paris * European Voice Teachers Association }} | awards = }}
'''Édith Selig-Papée''' (1929 - 21 October 2020) was a French classical soprano in concert, opera and Lied, known for singing music of Johann Sebastian Bach and French composers. She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.
== Professional career == In 1958, she recorded Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with {{interlanguage link|Eugenia Zareska|qid=Q23659400}}, the ''Choeurs et Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française'' conducted by Carl Schuricht.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gustavmahler.net.free.fr/symph2.html |title=Symphonie N.2 en ut mineur Auferstehung |accessdate=2010-06-05 |publisher=gustavmahler.net}}</ref>
She recorded Bach cantatas with Fritz Werner, the Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn and the Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra, including ''Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21'', an early ambitious work in eleven movements, performed in Weimar in 1714 on the third Sunday after Trinity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/BWV21.htm |title=Cantata BWV 21 Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis |year=2007 |accessdate=2010-06-05 |publisher=bach-cantatas.com}}</ref> She also recorded with the same ensemble Bach's ''Actus tragicus'' and ''Easter Oratorio''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Nov04/Bach_cantatas1.htm |title=Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Cantatas Volume 1 |date=2004-11-01 |accessdate=2010-06-05 |author=John Quinn |publisher=musicweb-international.com}}</ref> In the 1960s she recorded Bach's ''Magnificat'' and ''Missa in F Major'', BWV 233, with Karl Ristenpart, Claudia Hellmann, Georg Jelden, Jakob Stämpfli and Maurice André (trumpet).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Vocal/BWV243-Rec3.htm |title=Magnificat in D major BWV 243 Recordings - Part 3 |year=2010 |accessdate=2010-06-05 |publisher=bach-cantatas.com}}</ref>
She has specialized in singing works of French composers. In 1960 she recorded in Paris Gluck's ''Orfeo ed Euridice'', conducted by Charles Bruck, with Rita Gorr and Nadine Sautereau.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.todoperaweb.com.ar/indicealfa_g.html |title=Indice alfabetico G |accessdate=2010-06-07 |publisher=TodOpera |language=Spanish}}</ref> In 1963 she recorded Rameau's Acte de ballet ''Pigmalion'', conducted by Marcel Couraud.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gramophone.net/Issue/Page/July%201963/33/747888/RA1.4FAU.+Pigmalion%E2%80%94Acte+de+ballet.+.Andr%C3%A9e+Esposito,+Claudine+Collart+and+Edith+Selig+%28sopranos%29,+Eric+Marion+%28tenor%29,+Raymond+SaintPaul+Chorus.+Troisi%C3%A8me+Concert+from+Les+Indes+galantes.+Andr%C3%A9e+Esposito+%28soprano%29.+Both+items+with+Janine+Reiss+%28harpsichord%29,+Lamoureux+Chamber+Orchestra+conducted+by+Marcel+Couraud.+DGG+Archive+APM+14302%3A+o+SAPMI983O2+%2812+in.,+30s.+llId.+plus+5s.+0d.+PT.%29. |title=Rameau Pigmalion Acte de ballet |year=2010 |accessdate=2010-06-06 |publisher=Gramophone}}</ref> She recorded Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard's ''Te Deum'', conducted by Louis Frémaux.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.library.mun.ca/mrc/Sharp/Sharp2LPs/Choral2.php |title=O. B. Sharp II Collection |year=2010 |accessdate=2010-06-06 |publisher=Memorial University Libraries |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614150335/http://www.library.mun.ca/mrc/Sharp/Sharp2LPs/Choral2.php |archivedate=2011-06-14 }}</ref> In 1996 she recorded Charpentier's ''Te Deum'' with the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kuentz.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp;jsessionid=0FC5A17B94545552FFA50496027A39DC?album_id=216123&album_group=8 |title=Codex - Lalande, Mouret: Symphonies & Fanfares / Kuentz |accessdate=2010-06-05 |publisher=ArkivMusic |archive-date=2018-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215022025/http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp;jsessionid=0FC5A17B94545552FFA50496027A39DC?album_id=216123&album_group=8 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She has been teaching at the École Normale de Musique de Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alata.ca/director.html |title=Music Director |year=2005 |accessdate=2010-06-05 |publisher=Alata Harmonia Chorus Of Canada |archive-date=2022-08-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813130740/http://alata.ca/director.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Along with voice teachers such as Régine Crespin and Jakob Stämpfli, Edith Selig-Papée was a founding member of the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA) in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evta.at/download/evta_geschichte_enns.pdf |title=Eine kurze Geschichte der EVTA |accessdate=2010-06-07 |publisher=European Voice Teachers Association |language=German |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706091339/http://www.evta.at/download/evta_geschichte_enns.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-06 }}</ref> She has lectured internationally, such as on ''La Mélodie Francaise'' in Detmold and Philadelphia.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://evta.ch/Bulletins/Art_23_03.pdf |title=Das APCS Bulletin |year=1994 |accessdate=2010-06-06 |publisher=L'Association des Professeurs de Chant de Suisse |language=German |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706231804/http://evta.ch/Bulletins/Art_23_03.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
She has served on the jury of international competitions such as the 23" Concours international de chant de Paris in 2001<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infoservice.fr/ufam/accueil/oct2001c.htm |title=23" Concours international de chant de Paris |year=2001 |accessdate=2010-06-07 |publisher=ufam |language=French |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720233208/http://www.infoservice.fr/ufam/accueil/oct2001c.htm |archivedate=2011-07-20 }}</ref><ref>[http://arop-opera.com/Upload/News/News235_File1.pdf Programme des Prix Lyriques] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221916/http://arop-opera.com/Upload/News/News235_File1.pdf |date=2016-03-03 }} 4 nov. 2010 "auprès d'Édith Selig puis Mireille Alcantara."</ref> Selig died of natural causes on October 21, 2020, in Paris, France, where she lived, at the age of 91. == References == {{Reflist | 30em}}
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