The Austrian mezzo-soprano, Hermine Haselböck, winner of the Vienna Musikverein"s Alexander Zemlinsky Prize, sings three of Gustav Mahler"s great song cycles, accompanied by pianist Russell Ryan. Hermine Haselböck began her studies at the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna with Rita Streich and Hartmut Krones. She completed her studies with Ingeborg Ruß at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold and, after graduating with artistic merit, attended master-classes with Kurt Equiluz, Kurt Widmer, Christa Ludwig, Edith Sélig-Papée, Sena Jurinac and Marjana Lipovsek. Ms. Haselböck"s burgeoning career has included performances in recital and with orchestras in many European capitals, as well as in New York"s Carnegie Hall. Hermine Haselböck"s other Bridge CDs include Lieder by Franz Schreker with baritone Wolfgang Holzmair and pianist Russell Ryan, BRIDGE 9259); and Lieder by Alexander Zemlinsky (with pianist Florian Henschel, BRIDGE 9244).