in Bizet's Carmen, and Nicklausse in Offenbach's Hoffmann's Erzählungen. In concert, she sang the alto solo in Mozart's Requiem at the Salzburg Festival in 1963. She was known as a lieder singer worldwide, touring the Americas and Japan and other parts of Asia. Ludwig retired from the stage in 1968. She then taught at the Ankara Academy of Music and from 1971 at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, where she was appointed professor in 1983. In 1987, she held master classes in Manila and Hong Kong. Diana Damrau was one of her students. Ludwig died in Salzburg at the age of 96. References External links Vincent Giroud: Nicolas Nabokov: A Life in Freedom and Music, p. 314 German contraltos German operatic mezzo-sopranos Academic staff of Mozarteum University Salzburg Voice teachers 1918 births 2014 deaths People from Neumarkt (district)