Franz Mazura

Franz Mazura (b. April 22, 1924, Salzburg) is an Austrian bass-baritone opera singer.

Mazura studied with Frederick Husler at the Academy of Music in Detmold, and worked during his studies as an actor at the National Theater in Detmold. Mazura debuted in 1949 in Kassel, thereafter singing in Mainz, Brunswick, and Mannheim (where he was a member from 1964-1987). In 1960 he performed at the Salzburg Festspiele, in 1961 at the Berlin Opera, in 1971 at Bayreuth, and in 1973 at the Hamburg State Opera; he has also performed at the Viennese State Opera, the Paris Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera.

Notable appearances include his 1976 role in Richard Wagner's "Das Rheingold" under Georg Solti and Peter Stone, and in Alban Berg's "Lulu" under Pierre Boulez and Patrice Chéreau, as well as performances of "Parsifal", "Tosca", "Wozzeck", "Fidelio", "Moses und Aron", and "Der Kaiser von Atlantis".