Erich Kunz
Erich Kunz (born May 20, 1909 in Vienna , † September 8, 1995 in Vienna) was an Austrian opera singer ( baritone ).
Life
Kunz was a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1940 . As a member of the Vienna Mozart Ensemble , he sang a. a. the “Papageno” in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Die Zauberflöte , the “Leporello” in Don Giovanni and the title role in Le nozze di Figaro . Guest appearances have taken him to almost every major opera house in the world. His "Beckmesser" in Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg was also famous . In smaller roles - for example as "sacristan" in Tosca - he was on the stage of the Vienna State Opera until the late 1980s. The very humorous artist also achieved great popularity as an interpreter of sophisticated Viennese songs .
Erich Kunz is buried in an honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 40, number 174).
His daughter was the actress Nicolin Kunz, who died in 1997 .
Filmography
- 1949: Hellish love
- 1955: Give me your hand, my life , director: Karl Hartl
- 1958: The Dreimäderlhaus
- 1972: The Count of Luxembourg
- 1972: The Bat (1972)
Awards
- 1957: Mozart Medal from the Mozart Community in Vienna
literature
- Cornelia Szabó-Knotik, Herbert Prikopa : Erich Kunz. A life for the opera. Löcker, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-85409-239-3 .
Web links
- Recordings by Erich Kunz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Archive recordings with Erich Kunz in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (radio reports, sound carriers)
Individual evidence
- ^ Inscription Deutschordenshof, Singerstraße: Erich Kunz 1957 (accessed on June 11, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunz, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1995 |
| Place of death | Vienna |