Karl Heinz Knepper
Karl Heinz Knepper (born February 15, 1945 in Mittweida ; † May 14, 2014 in Harzgerode ) was a lyrical tenor .
Life and work
After attending school in Mittweida, Knepper began an apprenticeship as a bricklayer. In 1970 he married Gabriele Raschke. After studying at the music academies in Leipzig and Weimar, he received his university degree as a singer / soloist (classical subject). He then worked as a tenor soloist at the Karl-Marx-Stadt opera house and in the theater of the city of Döbeln . From 1981 to 1992 he was engaged as a lyric tenor at the Thomas Müntzer Theater in Eisleben.
In 1991 Knepper acquired a historic farm in Güntersberge. After renovation and reconstruction work, a mousetrap and curiosity museum was opened there in 1997 .
Karl Heinz Knepper died in 2014 in the Harzgeroder district of Güntersberge , he was buried in the Friedwald Sangerhausen.
Web links
- Website of the museum in Güntersberge
- Excerpt from a broadcast by NDR about the Mousetrap Museum (broadcast on November 3, 2014)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knepper, Karl Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German tenor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mittweida |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 2014 |
| Place of death | Harzgerode |