Franz Mazura (22 April 1924 – 23 January 2020)[2] was an Austrian bass-baritone opera singer and actor. He performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1971 for 25 years and at the Metropolitan Opera for 15 years. He was made a Kammersänger in 1980 and an Honorary Member of the Nationaltheater Mannheim in 1990. He most often played villains and strange characters,[1] with signature roles including Klingsor in Wagner's Parsifal. Mazura took part in world premieres, such as the double role of Dr. Schön and Jack the Ripper in the world premiere of the completed version of Alban Berg's Lulu at the Paris Opera in 1979, and as Abraham in Giorgio Battistelli's Lot in 2017. Two of his recordings received Grammy Awards. His voice was described as with dark timbre, powerful and like granite ("dunkel gefärbt, kräftig und wie Granit"), with perfect diction.[2] His acting ability was described as "well-supplied with vivid imaginative touches, whether deployed in comic roles or characters of inexorable malevolence. Mazura could achieve more impact with a lifted eyebrow or a belligerently thrust chin than many artists could with a ten-minute monologue."[3] He had a long career, appearing at the Staatsoper Berlin the night before his 95th birthday.
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FranzMazura (22 April 1924 – 23 January 2020) was an Austrian bass-baritone opera singer and actor. He performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1971 for...
Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, FranzMazura, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas & the Orchestre de l'Opera de Paris for...
James Mallinson (producer), Georg Solti (conductor), Philip Langridge, FranzMazura & the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus for Schoenberg: Moses und Aron...
American priest, Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army. FranzMazura, 95, Austrian operatic bass-baritone, Grammy winner (1981, 1986). Michele...
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Award for Best Opera Recording 1985 Arnold Schoenberg: Moses und Aron – FranzMazura & Philip Langridge, principal soloists; Sir Georg Solti, conductor; James...
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig conducted by Herbert Kegel 1984: FranzMazura, Philip Langridge, Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by...
Lulu (2005) Alban Berg, Lulu, Stratas, Yvonne Minton, Hanna Schwarz, FranzMazura, Kenneth Riegel, Robert Tear, Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, cond. Pierre...
again conducted by Zagrosek, with Richard Salter, Marilyn Schmiege and FranzMazura in leading roles. "Höller, York / Der Meister und Margarita (1984–89...
only in 1888 (and then in 1897) Felix Mottl conducted Felix Mottl. Later, Franz Fischer and Karl Muck also took over the musical direction of the Parsifal...
Michael Horwath (producers), Pierre Boulez (conductor), Toni Blankenheim, FranzMazura, Hanna Schwarz, Yvonne Minton, Teresa Stratas Berg: Lulu Orchestre de...
11 May 2012 Dezsö Ernster 175 bass 20 November 1946 17 December 1963 FranzMazura 175 bass 12 December 1980 20 April 2002 Michel Sénéchal 175 tenor 8 March...
composed by Johann Friedrich Reichardt in 1781. Audio 1993: Michael Kraus, FranzMazura, Martin Petzold, Herbert Lippert, Christiane Oelze, Walter Berry, Iris...
Russia-born opera conductor, vocal coach, and pedagogue, 59 23 January – FranzMazura, Austrian bass-baritone, 95 28 January – Othmar Mága, German conductor...
Giorgio Battistelli's opera Lot at the Staatsoper Hannover, alongside FranzMazura as Abraham. Since 1971, Behle has lived in Hamburg, where she taught...
Grammophon 413347 1980 James King, Yvonne Minton, Kurt Moll, Bernd Weikl, FranzMazura Rafael Kubelík Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Arts Archives 430272...
Goldberg performed as Eisslinger, and reprised it in 2019, alongside FranzMazura as Schwarz, at age 95. He sang the role of the first prisoner in Fidelio...
performance, conducted by Hans Rosbaud. Herlischka's production, with FranzMazura as Moses and Richard Cassilly as Aaron and conducted by Horst Stein,...
Chorus and Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival Gwyneth Jones Manfred Jung FranzMazura Jeannine Altmeyer Hermann Becht Fritz Hübner 1981 2005 29274235 Wagner...
recordings from the Ring operas were largely confined to excerpts. In 1929 Franz von Hoesslin and the Walther Staram Concert Orchestra issued recorded excerpts...
Kammersängerin in Mannheim on 7 July 1981, together with Michael Davidson and FranzMazura. She has been a voice teacher at the Musikhochschule Hannover. Among...
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