Karl Joseph Hering

Karl-Josef Hering (14 February 1929 – 20 May 1998) was a German opera singer (tenor). In the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of the most sought-after hero tenors worldwide.

Biography Born in Westönnen, Werl, Westphalia, as the son of a furniture manufacturer, Hering had his first musical appearances during his high school days at the Mariengymnasium in Werl. He studied economics to join his parents' business. After the commercial diploma exam in Cologne in 1955, he studied singing with Frederick Husler, Franz Völker and Max Lorenz. In 1964, he moved to Krefeld and in 1966 to Berlin, where one of his earlier roles was Max in Der Freischütz. Amsterdam, Rome, Paris, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Toronto, etc., with conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, Eugen Jochum, Karl Böhm, Zubin Mehta, Horst Stein, Lorin Maazel, Erich Leinsdorf, Joseph Keilberth, and Silvio Varviso.

Karl-Josef Hering was buried in the Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf in Berlin Nikolassee.