Christa Ludwig Champagne Birthday

Christa Ludwig 

© Christian Brandstätter Verlag, Wien (Fayer, Wien).

Happy Birthday, Christa Ludwig ! Always perky, even at 90.  Let's party ! Bring out the champagne !  Above, when she was singing Dorabella. Below, her earliest recording, made in 1950, from Der Fledermaus, when she was singing Prince Orlovsky.