The northern German city of Hamburg plans to build a new opera house in the Hafencity district near the port with backing from the private Kühne Foundation, city officials announced on Friday.

Her husband had been given permission to make a brief visit to the Hamburg Opera. Heinrich turned the key on the apartment and all their possessions, next morning boarded the Hamburg Express.

Studies followed at the Lucerne Conservatory. From 1959-65 Edith Mathis was engaged at the opera houses of Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin, and since has appeared at the world’s major opera houses.