[6] She appeared in some youthful dramatic (jugendlich-dramatisch) roles of the Italian repertoire, such as Leonore in Verdi's Il trovatore and Desdemona in Otello.
She toured to Paris that year with the State Opera, as Leitmetzerin in Der Rosenkavalier and as Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos, both by Richard Strauss.
[1] She made annual guest appearances at the Bayreuth Festival from 1937 to 1943, beginning with supporting roles such as a Rhinemaiden and two Valkyries in Der Ring des Nibelungen, and a Squire and a Flower Girl in Parsifal.
In keeping with the spirit of the times, these works were sung in German, for example Nedda in Leoncavallo's Bajazzo recorded in 1943 with Helge Rosvaenge, Georg Hann, Carl Wessely and Karl Schmitt-Walter, conducted by Artur Rother.
She was the First Lady in an iconic recording of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, alongside Rut Berglund, Elfriede Marherr and Helge Rosvaenge, with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Thomas Beecham.
[11] Reviewer Alan Blyth of Gramophone noted in 1994: Hilde Scheppan, not a highly rated artist, proves a dream of an Eva, surpassing even the excellent but ageing Müller for Furtwängler and matching Grümmer in the 1956 Kempe version (EMI, 2/93).
She sings easily and naturally off the words with Reining-like radiance, sustains "O Sachs, mein Freund" with a flood of tone and leads the Quintet serenely.