Gerd Wolf (singer)

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Gerd Wolf (born April 18, 1940 in Flöha ; † April 28, 2019 in Dresden ) was a German opera singer (bass).

Life

Gerd Wolf first studied with Frieder Trommler and made his debut in 1970 as a hermit in Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber . In 1973, after studying at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin, he passed the state examination as a soloist. From 1984 to 2010 he was a member of the ensemble of the Berlin State Opera . He was particularly successful as a bass buffo , for example in Zar und Zimmermann , as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor and as Bartolo in the Barber of Seville . The Kammersänger appeared with the Berlin State Opera in numerous guest performances abroad and in 1995 at the Salzburg Festival .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chamber singer Gerd Wolf. Sächsische Zeitung , May 9, 2019, accessed on May 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Chamber singer Gerd Wolf passed away. State Opera Unter den Linden , accessed on May 21, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wolf, Gerd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Flea
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2019
Place of death Dresden