About Carl Braun
Lived 1886 – 1960 (aged 73–74). Carl Braun was a German singer and opera singer.
Carl Braun (2 June 1886, Meisenheim, Hesse-Nassau – 24 April 1960, Hamburg) was a German bass opera singer.
Biography He was born on 2 June 1886 in Meisenheim, Hesse-Nassau in Germany.
A pupil of the Berlin Imperial Opera, he sang with the Wiesbaden Royal Opera, Vienna Imperial Opera, Berlin City Opera, Metropolitan Opera, and the Berlin State Opera. He was actor Hermann Braun's father, Carl Braun, was an early sympathizer with the Nazis and a member of the anti-semitic Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur,
In 1932, he joined the Nazi Party. He died on 24 April 1960 in Hamburg, Germany.
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German opera singer (1886–1960)
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Carl Braun was born on 2 June 1886 in Meisenheim.
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Carl Braun died in 1960 in Hamburg.
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Carl Braun was a singer and opera singer.
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