Metternich, Josef

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Metternich, Josef
Date of birth
1915-06-02
Date of death
2005-02-21
Associated country
Germany
Field of activity
Opera
Occupation
Baritones (Singers)
Voice teachers
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
baritone
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 64196814
Wikidata: Q95732
Library of congress: n 82032727
Sources of Information
  • Andante WWW site, Feb. 28, 2005(Josef Metternich; b. June 2, 1915, near Cologne; d. Feb. 21, 2005)
  • German Wikipedia, June 7, 2019(Josef Metternich; born June 2, 1915, Hermülheim, died February 21, 2005, Feldafing; German opera singer (baritone), music and voice teacher)
  • Information from 678 converted Dec. 19, 2014(baritone)
  • Strauss, R. Salome.
  • Andante WWW site, Feb. 28. 2005(Josef Metternich; b. June 2, 1915, near Cologne; d. Feb. 21, 2005)

Wikipedia description:

Josef Metternich (2 June 1915, in Cologne – 21 February 2005, in Feldafing) was a German operatic baritone. Metternich also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in La forza del destino, in 1953. He joined the Munich State Opera in 1954, where he created the role of Johannes Kepler in Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt (1957). Metternich retired in 1971 after performing for more than three decades.

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