Gisela Litz (1922-2017) was a German mezzo-soprano, active in opera and concert repertory. She became associated with twentieth-century German-language stage works as well as more traditional repertory.

In the Pristine catalogue she appears in Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny with Lotte Lenya and Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg.

Litz’s singing, as represented here, belongs to Weill’s sharp theatrical world, where rhythm, words and stage character matter as much as conventional vocal beauty.

Her page is justified by secure identity and repertory significance. Litz helps keep the Mahagonny streetlights flickering properly.