About Josef Metternich
Lived 1915 – 2005 (aged 89). Josef Metternich was a German singer, opera singer, music educator, university teacher, voice teacher and bass-baritone singer.
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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Who was Josef Metternich?
German opera singer (1915-2005)
When was Josef Metternich born?
Josef Metternich was born on 2 June 1915 in Hermülheim.
When did Josef Metternich die?
Josef Metternich died on 21 February 2005 in Feldafing.
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Josef Metternich was a singer, opera singer, music educator, university teacher, voice teacher and bass-baritone singer.
What nationality was Josef Metternich?
Josef Metternich was German.
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