Lucia Popp (born Lucia Poppová) (November 12, 1939?November 16, 1993) was a popular dramatic coloratura soprano from Slovakia (which was a part of Czechoslovakia until the year of her death). She began her career as a soubrette soprano, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Strauss and Wagner operas. Her career included performances at Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and La Scala. Popp was also a highly-regarded recitalist and lieder singer. Twice married, Popp died of brain cancer in 1993, at the age of 54. Operatic career Popp initially entered the Bratislava Academy to study drama. While she began her vocal lessons during this period as a mezzo-soprano, her voice developed a high upper register to the degree that her professional debut was as Mozart?s Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote in Bratislava, a role she revived in

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