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Hans Braun (baritone)

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Hans Braun (14 May 1917 – 2 Mai 1992) was an Austrian operatic baritone. He was a long-term member of the Vienna State Opera, and appeared in leading roles such as Mozart's Count Almaviva and Wagner's Wolfram also in major European opera houses and festivals.

Life

Born in Vienna, Braun was a member of the Peterlini-Sängerknaben in his home town.[1] He studied voice at the Wiener Musikakademie with Hermann Gallos and Hans Duhan.[1] He made his debut in 1938. From 1943 to 1945 he had an engagement at the Stadttheater Königsberg in today's Kaliningrad. From 1945, he was a member of the Vienna State Opera to which he belonged until 1979. After singing secondary roles in the beginning, he soon advanced to leading roles, performing 75 roles.[1]

Braun made guest appearances at many European opera houses. He appeared at the Royal Opera House in London as Count Almaviva in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro in 1949, and as Orest in Elektra by Richard Strauss in 1953, which he also sang at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino that year. In 1950, he performed as Wolfram in Wagner's Tannhaüser at La Scala in Milan. He appeared also in Naples, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg, the Salzburg Festival and the Bayreuth Festival.[1]

Braun was briefly married to his colleague Dagmar Hermann.[1]

Braun died in Vienna at age 74.[1] He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery (31A-2-34).

Honours

Further reading

  • Uwe Harten: Braun, Hans. In Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon. Online-edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5; Print edition: volume 1, edition of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-7001-3043-0.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Braun, Hans (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 572–573. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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