Franz Ludwig Hermann von Milde (4 March 1855 – 6 December 1929) was a German operatic

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and voice teacher.

Life

Born in Weimar, Milde was a son of the couple Hans Feodor and

Rosa von Milde Rosa von Milde, also Rosalie von Milde, ''née'' Rosa Agthe (25 June 1827 – 25 January 1906) was a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. She was a leading singer at the Weimar Court Theatre from 1848 to 1867, which flourished when Franz L ...

, ''née'' Agthe. Like his brother Rudolf, he was initially trained mainly by his mother. In 1876, he made his debut at the Weimar court theatre. From 1878 to 1906, he was an ensemble member at the court theatre in

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. His roles included, for example, Valentin in Gounod's ''

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'', Wolfram in ''

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'' and the Count in ''

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''. Franz von Milde, who had already given singing lessons in Hanover in addition to his work as an opera singer, became a professor at the

Hochschule für Musik und Theater München The University of Music and Theatre Munich (), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts music school, conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is the former ''Führerbau'' of the NSDAP, locate ...

in 1906. He taught there until 1926. In 1918 he published the book ''Ein ideales Künstlerehepaar. Rosa und Feodor von Milde. Ihre Kunst und ihre Zeit''. Milde was best man at the wedding of

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with Agnes Denninghoff.Gerhard Kohlweyer, ''Agnes Stavenhagen – Weimarer Primadonna zwischen Johannes Brahms und Richard Strauss'', Weimarer Taschenbuch Verlag 2007, , Milde died in Munich at the age of 74.

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