Trudeliese Schmidt (7 November 1934[1][2] − 24 June 2004) was a German operatic mezzo-soprano who had an international career, performing at major opera houses and festivals in Europe.
The singer with a remarkable stage presence excelled in trouser roles such as Cherubino, Idamante, Hänsel, Octavian and the composer in Ariadne auf Naxos.
[3] Schmidt performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1975, as Wellgunde in Das Rheingold and Götterdämmerung, later also as Grimgerde in Die Walküre and in smaller parts in Parsifal.
[4] She appeared at the Salzburg Festival from 1974 to 1995, in parts such as the Zweite Dame in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, the composer in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss (1979–82), Clairon in his Capriccio (1985–87), Cherubino in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (1980), Idamante in his Idomeneo (1983–84), Meg Page in Verdi's Falstaff (1991) and Marcellina in Le nozze di Figaro (1995).
She performed in Beethoven's Missa solemnis with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Karajan, alongside Lella Cuberli, Vinson Cole and José van Dam.