Georg Maikl (4 April 1872 – 22 August 1951) was an Austrian operatic

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Life

Born in

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near Zell am Ziller in

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, Maikl came from a family of singers and studied singing in Stuttgart with the tenor Anton Hromada.

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, Monika Kornberge
Maikl, Familie
on ''

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'' Online-Edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ; Printed edition: Volume 3, published by the

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, Vienna 2004, . After he was discovered by Pollini in 1899, a ten-year engagement at the Hamburg Opera failed because he died shortly afterwards. Instead, Maikl sang at the Mannheim Hofbühne in the same year, where he made his debut in the role of Tamino.

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brought Maikl in 1904 to the

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, where he worked for the rest of his life and impersonated 99 roles until 1942. From 1906 to 1910, he worked for the Salzburg Mozart festivals and from 1920 for the

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Maikl died in Vienna aged 79 and was buried in a grave of honour in the Wiener Zentralfriedhof (group 33A/5/17). In 1959, the ''Maiklgasse'' in Vienna-

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was named after him. His daughter was the

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Liselotte Maikl (1925–2014).

Performance

Maikl was above all a Mozart singer. But he also sang almost all the lyrical and musical parts, including the leading roles in ''

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'' and '' La traviata'', Don Octavio, Belmonte or Faust. In total, he mastered 99 roles and appeared 3062 times on the Vienna stage. Therefore

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described him as the most dutiful member of the company.

Awards

* Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich (1929)''Lokales. Kammersänger Georg Maikl.'' Badener Zeitung, 30 November 1929, , o
ANNO, Badener Zeitung
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* * ''Lokales. Jubiläumsfeier Georg Maikls.'
Badener Zeitung, 28. Dezember 1929, S. 4, Mitte rechts
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maikl, Georg Austrian operatic tenors Österreichischer Kammersänger 1872 births 1951 deaths People from Schwaz District

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