Hildegard Laurich (15 January 1941 – 11 February 2009),[1] was a German classical contralto singer.
In 1974 she sang the alto part in Bach's St Matthew Passion in the Konstantinbasilika of Trier with Gertraud Stoklassa, Kurt Huber, Siegmund Nimsgern, William Reimer, the Trierer Bachchor, the Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Saarbrücken, conducted by Ekkehard Schneck.
[1] Laurich recorded Bach cantatas regularly with Helmuth Rilling and his Gächinger Kantorei in their complete recording, including in 1973 the cantata for Ratswahl (inauguration of the town council in Leipzig) Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120, together with Helen Donath, Adalbert Kraus and Wolfgang Schöne.
[1] In 1980 she recorded the Messe des morts of François-Joseph Gossec, with Herbert Schernus conducting the choir of the WDR and the Capella Coloniensis.
8, with Michael Gielen conducting the Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester.