Franz Vitzthum is a German

countertenor A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist ( ...

, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range, specialising in Baroque music. He was trained as a boy singer with the

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and studied with Kai Wessel at the Musikhochschule Köln. He is a member of the Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the vocal quartet ''

Stimmwerck Stimmwerck is a male classical music vocal quartet ensemble specializing in the rediscovery and reproduction of the music of little known renaissance composers of the German-speaking world. History Stimmwerck was founded in Munich, Germany in 200 ...

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Franz Vitzthum

Berlin State Opera The (), also known as the Berlin State Opera (german: Staatsoper Berlin), is a listed building on Unter den Linden boulevard in the historic center of Berlin, Germany. The opera house was built by order of Prussian king Frederick the Great from ...

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Franz Vitzthum

Carus-Verlag Carus-Verlag is a German music publisher founded in 1972 and based in Stuttgart. Carus was founded by choral conductor Günter Graulich and his wife Waltraud with an emphasis on choral repertoire. The catalogue currently includes more than 26,0 ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vitzthum, Franz Living people German opera singers Operatic countertenors German performers of early music Year of birth missing (living people)