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Olga Moll - Adam: SI J'ÉTAIS ROI, De vos nobles aïeux, Frankfurt 1953

It's Adolphe Adam's French opera-comique, but here it is sung in German, so instead of "Si j'étais roi" it is known as "Wenn Ich Konig War." This is from a German radio performance in 1953 out of Frankfurt, featuring the obscure coloratura soprano Olga Mott (1913 - 1993) in Nemea's grand florid aria, capped with a long High D. THE SONGBIRD: Mott's parents were German, but she was born in Russia. She centered her career in Germany with a debut in 1936, then in 1941 she became a coloratura soprano in residence in Stuttgart where she stayed for over 20 years. She sang roles including Queen of the Night, Norina, Philine, Musetta, Sophie, Zerbinetta, and Fiakermilli until 1963. Her recorded legacy is very thin with only a few appearances in archival radio broadcasts such as this.