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Wolfgang Windgassen

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Wolfgang Windgassen (26 June 1914 – 8 September 1974) was a heldentenor internationally known for his performances in Wagner operas. [1]

38 relations: Annemasse, Bayreuth Festival, Birgit Nilsson, Clemens Krauss, Decca Records, Der Freischütz, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Der Rosenkavalier, Die Fledermaus, Ernst Kozub, Eva von der Osten, Fidelio, France, Fritz Windgassen, Georg Solti, Germany, Gottlob Frick, Hans Hotter, Hans Knappertsbusch, John Culshaw, Joseph Keilberth, Karl Böhm, Lauritz Melchior, Madama Butterfly, Max Lorenz (tenor), Myocardial infarction, Pforzheim, Pierre Boulez, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Rienzi, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Stuttgart, The Flying Dutchman (opera), Tristan und Isolde, Vali von der Osten, Wieland Wagner, Wilhelm Furtwängler.

Annemasse

Annemasse is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France.

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Bayreuth Festival

The Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele) is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of operas by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented.

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Birgit Nilsson

Märta Birgit Nilsson (17 May 1918 – 25 December 2005) was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic works of Wagner and Richard Strauss, though she sang the operas of many other composers, including Verdi and Puccini.

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Clemens Krauss

Clemens Heinrich Krauss (31 March 189316 May 1954) was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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Der Freischütz

, Op. 77, J. 277, (usually translated as The Marksman or The Freeshooter) is a German opera with spoken dialogue in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber with a libretto by Friedrich Kind.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

(The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.

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Der Rosenkavalier

(The Knight of the Rose or The Rose-Bearer), Op.

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Die Fledermaus

(The Flittermouse or The Bat, sometimes called The Revenge of the Bat) is an operetta composed by Johann Strauss II to a German libretto by and Richard Genée.

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Ernst Kozub

Ernst Kozub (January 24, 1924 – December 27, 1971) was a German tenor and opera singer.

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Eva von der Osten

Eva Helga Bertha von der Osten (19 August 1881 – 5 May 1936) was a German soprano.

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Fidelio

Fidelio (originally titled; English: Leonore, or The Triumph of Marital Love), Op.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fritz Windgassen

Fritz Windgassen (9 February 1883 – 17 April 1963) was a German Heldentenor and teacher.

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Georg Solti

Sir Georg Solti, KBE (born György Stern; 21 October 1912 – 5 September 1997) was a Hungarian-born orchestral and operatic conductor, best known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Gottlob Frick

Gottlob Frick (28 July 1906 in Ölbronn-Dürrn – 18 August 1994 in Muhlacker) was a German bass who sang in opera.

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Hans Hotter

Hans Hotter (19 January 19098 December 2003) was a German operatic bass-baritone.

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Hans Knappertsbusch

Hans Knappertsbusch (12 March 1888 – 25 October 1965) was a German conductor, best known for his performances of the music of Richard Wagner, Anton Bruckner and Richard Strauss as well as his unique public persona and conducting style.

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John Culshaw

John Royds Culshaw OBE (28 May 192427 April 1980) was a pioneering English classical record producer for Decca Records.

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Joseph Keilberth

Joseph Keilberth (19 April 1908 – 20 July 1968) was a German conductor who specialised in opera.

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Karl Böhm

Karl August Leopold Böhm (28 August 1894 in Graz – 14 August 1981 in Salzburg) was an Austrian conductor.

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Lauritz Melchior

Lauritz Melchior (20 March 1890 – 19 March 1973) was a Danish-American opera singer.

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Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly (Madam Butterfly) is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.

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Max Lorenz (tenor)

Max Lorenz (born Max Sülzenfuß; 10 May 1901 – 11 January 1975) was a German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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Pforzheim

Pforzheim is a city of nearly 120,000 inhabitants in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, in the southwest of Germany.

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Pierre Boulez

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez CBE (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor, writer and founder of institutions.

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Richard Strauss

Richard Georg Strauss (11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras.

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Richard Wagner

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his later works were later known, "music dramas").

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Rienzi

(Rienzi, the last of the tribunes; WWV 49) is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel of the same name (1835).

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Staatsoper Stuttgart

The Staatsoper Stuttgart (Stuttgart State Opera) is a German opera company based in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics,; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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The Flying Dutchman (opera)

The Flying Dutchman (German), WWV 63, is a German-language opera, with libretto and music by Richard Wagner.

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Tristan und Isolde

Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda, or Tristran and Ysolt) is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the 12th-century romance Tristan by Gottfried von Strassburg.

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Vali von der Osten

Vali (also, Vally) von der Osten (29 November 1882 – 15 August 1923) was a German soprano.

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Wieland Wagner

Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director.

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Wilhelm Furtwängler

Wilhelm Furtwängler (January 25, 1886November 30, 1954) was a German conductor and composer.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Windgassen

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