# Edith Selig

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{{Short description|French classical soprano}}
{{Infobox person
| name                = Edith Selig
| image               = 
| other_names         = Édith Selig-Papée
| birth_date          = 1929
| birth_place         = [Strasbourg](/source/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](/source/Paris%2C_France)
| education           = 
| occupation          = {{plainlist|
* Classical [soprano](/source/soprano)
* Academic voice teacher
}}
| organization        = {{plainlist|
* [École Normale de Musique de Paris](/source/%C3%89cole_Normale_de_Musique_de_Paris)
* European Voice Teachers Association
}}
| awards              = 
}}

'''Édith Selig-Papée''' (1929 - 21 October 2020) was a French classical [soprano](/source/soprano) in concert, opera and [Lied](/source/Lied), known for singing music of [Johann Sebastian Bach](/source/Johann_Sebastian_Bach) and French composers. She has been teaching at the [École Normale de Musique de Paris](/source/%C3%89cole_Normale_de_Musique_de_Paris).

== Professional career ==
In 1958, she recorded Mahler's [Symphony No. 2](/source/Symphony_No._2_(Mahler)) with {{interlanguage link|Eugenia Zareska|qid=Q23659400}}, the ''Choeurs et [Orchestre national de la Radiodiffusion française](/source/Orchestre_National_de_France)'' conducted by [Carl Schuricht](/source/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 cantata](/source/Bach_cantata)s with [Fritz Werner](/source/Fritz_Werner), the [Heinrich-Schütz-Chor Heilbronn](/source/Heinrich-Sch%C3%BCtz-Chor_Heilbronn) and the [Pforzheim Chamber Orchestra](/source/Pforzheim_Chamber_Orchestra), including ''[Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21](/source/Ich_hatte_viel_Bek%C3%BCmmernis%2C_BWV_21)'', an early ambitious work in eleven movements, performed in Weimar in 1714 on the third Sunday after [Trinity](/source/Trinity_Sunday).<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](/source/Gottes_Zeit_ist_die_allerbeste_Zeit%2C_BWV_106)'' and ''[Easter Oratorio](/source/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](/source/Magnificat_(Bach))'' and ''[Missa in F Major](/source/Kyrie%E2%80%93Gloria_masses%2C_BWV_233%E2%80%93236)'', BWV 233, with [Karl Ristenpart](/source/Karl_Ristenpart), [Claudia Hellmann](/source/Claudia_Hellmann), [Georg Jelden](/source/Georg_Jelden), [Jakob Stämpfli](/source/Jakob_St%C3%A4mpfli_(bass)) and [Maurice André](/source/Maurice_Andr%C3%A9) (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](/source/Orfeo_ed_Euridice)'', conducted by [Charles Bruck](/source/Charles_Bruck), with [Rita Gorr](/source/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](/source/Acte_de_ballet) ''[Pigmalion](/source/Pigmalion_(opera))'', conducted by [Marcel Couraud](/source/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](/source/Esprit_Antoine_Blanchard)'s ''Te Deum'', conducted by [Louis Frémaux](/source/Louis_Fr%C3%A9maux).<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](/source/Te_Deum_(Charpentier))'' with the Paul Kuentz Chamber Orchestra, conducted by [Paul Kuentz](/source/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](/source/%C3%89cole_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](/source/R%C3%A9gine_Crespin) and [Jakob Stämpfli](/source/Jakob_St%C3%A4mpfli_(bass)), 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](/source/Detmold) and [Philadelphia](/source/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](/source/Mireille_Alcantara)."</ref>
Selig died of [natural causes](/source/natural_causes) on October 21, 2020, in [Paris, France](/source/Paris%2C_France), where she lived, at the age of 91.
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