Herbert Prikopa

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Herbert "Happi" Prikopa (born November 30, 1935 in Vienna ; † December 8, 2015 there ) was an Austrian television presenter , conductor , opera singer (tenor), actor , composer , writer , pianist and cabaret artist .

Life

In 1954, at the age of 19, he became the youngest répétiteur at the Vienna Volksoper . After a singing engagement at the Vienna Chamber Opera , he became a member of Gerhard Bronner's “ Nameless Ensemble ” in the cabaret program Brettl vorm Klavier . In 1957, instead of the répétiteur contract, there was a soloist contract at the Volksoper. From 1988 to 2009, Prikopa was a member of the radio cabaret team " Der Guglhupf ". From the 1998/1999 to 2007/2008 seasons, Prikopa was musical director and conductor of the Johann Strauss Concert Gala in Vienna.

Honorary grave in the Vienna Central Cemetery

He was known to young television audiences as the presenter of the children's program Also Fun Must Be on ORF in the 1980s. Here he appeared as Herbert "Happi" Prikopa.

On March 21, 2005, Prikopa received the professional title of Professor .

He died on December 8, 2015 in Vienna.

Herbert Prikopa was buried on January 7, 2016 in the Vienna Central Cemetery in an honorary grave (group 40, number 195).

Filmography

Radio plays

  • 1984: Otto Brusatti : The Last Hours of Mankind - Director: Otto Brusatti (ORF / WDR)

Discography (selection)

Compositions (selection)

  • Classic piano. 28 compositions for piano
  • Visit to Chimera
  • Chimera
  • The Pillars of the world
  • Thinking Positively
  • Schrammel fair

Works

  • 1994: Erich Kunz - biography of the singer , together with Cornelia Szabó-Knotik, Löcker-Verlag Vienna, ISBN 978-3854092391
  • 1998: 100 Years of the Volksoper - The History of a Necessary Theater , Iberia-Verlag Vienna, ISBN 978-3-900436-67-4
  • 2003: Strauss guide through Europe and the surrounding towns , Iberia-Verlag Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85052-124-6

Awards (excerpt)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A professor title after “Fun must be too”. Retrieved April 6, 2014 .
  2. ↑ Peter Temel: Comedian and TV favorite Herbert Prikopa is dead . In: kurier.at. Courier , December 9, 2015, accessed December 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Herbert "Happi" Prikopa
personal data
SURNAME Prikopa, Herbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prikopa, Happi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian television presenter, conductor, opera singer (tenor), actor, composer, writer, pianist and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 2015
Place of death Vienna , Austria