Elisabeth Schwarzkopf has been played on NTS in shows including The Opera Show, featured first on 14 June 2016. Songs played include Symphony No. 2 and Recitative: Wir Beten Zu Dem Tempel An.

Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf DBE (December 9, 1915 – August 3, 2006) was a German opera singer (who later took British citizenship). She was one of the leading sopranos of the post-World War II period, much admired for her performances of Mozart, Strauss and Hugo Wolf.

She was born in Jarotschin in Prussia (now part of Poland) to Friedrich Schwarzkopf and his wife, Elisabeth Fröhling. Christened Olga Maria Elisabeth Frederike Schwarzkopf, Schwarzkopf showed an…