Otto von Rohr (24 February 1914 – 5 July 1982) was a German operatic
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.
Life
Von Rohr was born in
Berlin
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Hermann Weißenborn
Hermann Weißenborn (10 September 1876 – 20 November 1959) was a German operatic baritone and voice teacher.
Born in Berlin, Weißenborn was trained musically mostly by Raimund von Zur Mühlen. He began a career as a concert and oratorio singe ...
, he made his debut 1938 at the
Theater Duisburg
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The original theatre was built in 1912, destro ...
as Sarastro in ''
The Magic Flute
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''. He remained there until 1941 and was then engaged at the
Staatstheater Stuttgart
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between 1941 and 1979. There he performed until his death in
Leonberg
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Recordings (selection)
* Wagner: ''
Lohengrin
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'', with Otto von Rohr,
Herbert Schachtschneider
Herbert Schachtschneider (5 February 1919 – 26 October 2008) was a German operatic tenor and voice teacher.
Career
Born in Allenstein, East Prussia (Olsztyn, Poland), Schachtschneider grew up in Berlin and began his private singing studies i ...
(Lohengrin),
Leonore Kirschstein
Leonore Kirschstein (29 March 1933 – 26 February 2017) ,
(Elsa),
Heinz Imdahl
Heinz Imdahl (9 August 1924 – 21 March 2012) was a German operatic baritone. A member of the Bavarian State Opera, he performed many leading roles at the Vienna State Opera, and appeared as Beethoven's Pizarro at the Teatro dell'Opera di R ...
(Friedrich von Telramund),
Ruth Hesse
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(Ortrud), Hans Helm,
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
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History
In 1927, Viktor Maiwald, a chorus member of the Vienna State Opera, founded t ...
, Large symphony orchestra (with members of the
Czech Philharmonic
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), conductors:
Hans Swarowsky
Hans Swarowsky (September 16, 1899September 10, 1975,) was an Austrian conductor of Hungarian birth.
Swarowsky was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied the art of conducting under Felix Weingartner and Richard Strauss. Jiří Vysloužil, ...