- Josef Metternich
Josef Metternich (
June 2 ,1915 ,Cologne -February 21 ,2005 ,Feldafing ) was a Germanopera ticbaritone .Metternich was born in Hermühlheim, near Cologne, he studied in Cologne and Berlin, and sang with the Cologne and Bonn choruses, before making his solo debut in 1941 with the
Berlin State Opera in "Lohengrin", but his career was delayed by the war, it really took off in 1946, when he was able to return to the opera stage, and quickly established himself in both the German and Italian repertories.Metternich also appeared at the
Royal Opera House in London,La Scala in Milan, and made his debut at theMetropolitan Opera in New York, in "La forza del destino ", in 1953.He joined the
Munich State Opera in 1954, where he created the role of Johannes Kepler inHindemith 's "Die Harmonie der Welt" (1957).Metternich was a powerful and reliable singer, he retired in 1971 after performing for more than three decades.
ources
* "Grove Music Online", Noel Goodwin, May 2008.
External links
* [http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=25228 Obituary from Deutsche Presse-Agentur]
* [http://www.cantabile-subito.de/Baritones/Metternich__Josef/hauptteil_metternich__josef.html Biography from Cantabile-Subito.de]
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