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Adolf Dallapozza

b. 1940

Austrian tenor

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Born 1940. Adolf Dallapozza is an Austrian opera singer.

Adolf Dallapozza (born 14 March 1940 in Bolzano) is an Austrian tenor in opera, operetta and musical theatre He worked for more than 40 years at the Vienna Volksoper.

Career Dallapozza was trained as a clerk and started work in a book shop. At the same time, he studied singing - among his teachers was the Italian-born soprano Ida Valjalo - and sang in the chorus of the Vienna Volksoper.

At the Volksoper, he sang in his solo debut in 1962 the role of Ernesto in Donizetti's opera Don Pasquale. In the German premiere of Bernstein's West Side Story in 1968, directed by Marcel Prawy, Dallapozza sang the role of Tony opposite Julia Migenes. That year, he was engaged at the Vienna State Opera, but the Volksoper remained his home for the rest of his career. Until 2008, he had sung in 1,893 performances in 74 different roles there. He celebrated his 50th stage anniversary on 6 November 2008 as von Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus.

Honours In 1976, Dallapozza was awarded the title of Kammersänger. In 1985, he received the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class, and in 1998 the Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.

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Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria; Österreichischer Kammersänger

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Austrian tenor

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Adolf Dallapozza was born on 14 March 1940 in Bolzano.

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Adolf Dallapozza is an opera singer.

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Adolf Dallapozza is Austrian.

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· Wikipedia: Adolf Dallapozza

· Wikidata: Q90324

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