Frida Leider (1888-1975) was a German dramatic soprano, one of the great Wagner singers of the early twentieth century. She was especially celebrated as Brünnhilde and Isolde.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Wagner Ring excerpts and related early recordings, preserving one of the commanding dramatic soprano voices of the shellac era.

Leider’s singing combined amplitude, line and heroic authority, with a voice capable of carrying Wagnerian scale without losing musical shape.

Her page is essential in the early Wagner strand. Leider’s soprano does not simply enter; it unfurls a banner over the orchestra.