Kurt Equiluz

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Kurt Equiluz (born June 13, 1929 in Vienna ) is an Austrian chamber singer ( tenor ).

Kurt Equiluz was the alto soloist in the Vienna Boys' Choir . From 1950 he was a member of the State Opera Choir . He gained fame as an oratorio singer , especially as an evangelist in Bach's St. Matthew Passion .

Life

In his youth he was with the Vienna Boys' Choir, after his voice broke with the Rundfunkspielschar, then he sang in the Grossmann Chamber Choir under the direction of Ferdinand Grossmann . He first studied harp at the State Academy for Music in Vienna. In 1956 he got a solo contract with the Vienna State Opera. For more than three decades he was a member of the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera, where he sang mainly in buffo roles from Mozart to Stravinsky under conductors such as Herbert von Karajan , Georg Solti and Karl Böhm .

In 1983 Equiluz had to retire after a complicated meniscus operation at the Vienna State Opera. From 1981 to 1998 he was a professor at the Vienna University of Music (lied and oratorio). In February 2000 he sang Schubert's Winterreise in the Brahms Hall in Vienna. Kurt Equiluz was married to Elisabeth Equiluz (1926–2017). On June 12, 1954, his first son Wolfgang, who also became a singer, was born in Vienna.

student

Appearances

Two examples

Filmography

literature

  • Gregor Hauser: Magical Sounds. Austrian tenors of the post-war period . Verlag Der Apfel, Vienna 2020, ISBN 978-3-85450-019-3 . Pp. 147-152.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernd Heyder: Not just a gifted evangelist. In: deutschlandfunk.de. June 13, 2019, accessed June 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Kurt Equiluz - a forgotten tenor? - Capriccio Culture Forum . In: Capriccio Kulturforum . ( capriccio-kulturforum.de [accessed on December 21, 2016]).
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolfgang.equiluz.at
  4. ↑ http://www.hollaender-calix.at/index.php?area=artist&type=tenor&sub=details&id=27
  5. ↑ Konrad Huber. In: www.suedtiroler-operettenspiele.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
  6. ^ State Theater Cottbus. (No longer available online.) In: www.staatstheater-cottbus.de. Archived from the original on December 22, 2016 ; accessed on December 21, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatstheater-cottbus.de
  7. ↑ http://styriarte.com/de/kuenstler_archiv/johannes_chum  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / styriarte.com  
  8. ^ Vita - Terry Wey | Countertenor. In: www.terrywey.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatstheater-darmstadt.de
  10. ↑ Monika Medek: Vita. In: www.monikamedek.com. Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Information ORF archive
personal data
SURNAME Equiluz, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian chamber singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna