Ingrid Schmithüsen

The German soprano Ingrid Schmithüsen has had a long career as a lieder singer, in a stable creative partnership with pianist Thomas Palm. She has also been a versatile performer who has sung music in a wide range of genres and from various periods. Schmithüsen was born in Aachen, in what was then West Germany, in 1960. She started voice lessons early and gave her debut recital when she was 18, even before beginning serious studies at the Cologne University of Music. Among her teachers was the dean of German lieder singers at the time, baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and ...