Maria Stader (* November 5, 1911 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary; † April 27, 1999
in Zurich) is a Swiss opera singer with a lyric soprano voice. Born Maria
Molnár, she emigrated to Switzerland in 1919 as a result of the First World War.
There she began to study singing. in 1939, Maria Stader won first prize in the
singing category at the International Music Competition in Geneva. in 1950, she
was awarded the "Lilly Lehmann Medal" by the International Mozarteum Foundation
in Salzburg. Six years later, the opera singer received the "Silver Mozart
Medal" from the same foundation. Sinc...