Edith Mathis
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Edith Mathis (born February 11, 1938, Lucerne) was a Swiss soprano. She studied in Lucerne and debuted there in 1956 in The Magic Flute. Mozart would remain one of her specialties, with her roles including Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Cosi fan tutte and Pamina in The Magic Flute. Other roles she sang include Sophie and the Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier and Agathe and Aennchen in Der Freischütz, and she sang in the premières of von Einem's Der Zerissene, Henze's Der Junge Lord and Heinrich Sutermeister's Le Roi Berénger. She was also a singer of oratorios and Lieder.
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