A long-term member of the Staatstheater Stuttgart, she also performed at international festivals and major opera houses, as well as recording music.
Hedwig Mathilde Plümacher was born in Solingen,[1] and studied voice at the Musikhochschule Köln.
[2] She often performed in Munich and Vienna, but gradually made her way into all major European opera houses.
She was also a sought-after concert soloist for the Passions by Johann Sebastian Bach, the oratorios by Handel and Felix Mendelssohn, and Verdi's Requiem.
After leaving the stage she taught as a professor at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart.