Tugomir Franc
Tugomir Franc (born February 8, 1932 in Zagreb , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , † January 5, 1983 in Vienna , Austria ) was a Yugoslavian opera singer ( bass ).
Life
Franc was educated at the Zagreb Conservatory by Zlatko Sir and Lav Vrbanik and then by Elisabeth Rado in Vienna . From the end of the 1950s he sang frequently at the Vienna State Opera and at the Bayreuth Festival , among others under the direction of Herbert von Karajan (as Titurel 1961, as Reinmar von Zwetter 1963). From 1964 to 1965 he also sang at the Salzburg Festival . He was a guest in Bordeaux, Nancy, Toulouse, Rome, Turin, Frankfurt am Main, Stockholm, Geneva, Belgrade and Zagreb as well as at the Vienna Volksoper.
Franc had a warm, deep voice and clear diction, despite a slight Balkan accent. He was also successful as a concert and oratorio singer.
He is buried in the Sieveringer Friedhof (2-15-5) in Vienna.
literature
- KJ Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A – L, Sp. 980 f., ISBN 3-907820-70-3
- Andrea Harrandt: Franc, Tugomir. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0 .
Web links
- Media from and about Tugomir Franc in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tugomir Franc in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Tugomir Franc at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Tugomir Francs appearances at the Vienna State Opera
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franc, Tugomir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb , Yugoslavia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1983 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |