Isabel Strauss

'''Isabel Strauss''' [Strauß] (1928–1973) was a German operatic soprano. She appeared in Munich, Bern, Amsterdam, and Brussels, as well as singing Gutrune in Wieland Wagner's 1963 production of ''Götterdämmerung'', in Cologne. Also in 1963, she portrayed Marta in a film of ''Tiefland''.

In 1964, Strauss was seen on French television in a Concert Version of excerpts from ''Parsifal'' (as Kundry), with Wolfgang Windgassen, conducted by Georges Sébastian. The following year, she was seen over the same network in excerpts from ''Lohengrin'' (as Ortrud), with Windgassen and Elisabeth Grümmer.

Following a 1973 performance of ''Götterdämmerung'', she was a victim of a double-suicide, with the conductor Fritz Janota, in a forest near Bern.

== Discography == * d'Albert: ''Tiefland'' (Schock; Zanotelli, 1963) Eurodisc * Berg: ''Wozzeck'' (Berry; Boulez, 1966) Sony == References == * Liner notes to Sony recording of ''Wozzeck''.

== External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts54x7dpeMY Isabel Strauß in an excerpt from ''Tiefland'' (1963).]

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