(Photo credit: Andrzej Świetlik) Contralto Jadwiga Rappé has passed away at the age of 73. Rappé was born Feb. 24, 1952 in Toruń, Poland. She studied at the Warsaw school of music and the Wrocław Academy of Music. Aside from her signature role of Erda in Wagner’s “Der Ring des Nibelungen,” Rappé was known for her specialty in oratorio. She taught {…}