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Georg Wieter (10 March 1896 – 20 March 1988) was a German operatic and concert
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singer.


Life

Born in Hannover, Wieter completed his singing studies in Hanover. In 1922 he began his stage career at the . From 1924 to 1935 he was engaged at the
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where he took part in the world premiere of the opera ''Der Tag im Licht'' by
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in 1930. In 1935 he was engaged as a permanent member of the ensemble at the
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, to which he belonged until his stage farewell in 1967. Wieter, the first to play bass and bass-
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in the opera ''Der Friedenstag'' (1938), ''
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'' (1942) by Richard Strauss as well as ''
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'' (1939) by Carl Orff in Munich. Wieter was also a sought-after concert singer. He sang and acted the role of Rocco in Walter Felsenstein's Fidelio film 1956 Wieter died in Munich at age 92.


Awards

* 1964:
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Further reading

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Karl-Josef Kutsch Karl-Josef Kutsch, also known as K. J. Kutsch, (born 11 May 1924) is a German physician and music biographer. With the Dutch musicologist Leo Riemens he co-authored the ''Großes Sängerlexikon'', the standard reference for opera singers. Life ...
,
Leo Riemens Leonardus Antony Marinus Riemens (3 December 1910 – 3 April 1985) was a Dutch musicologist and cultural journalist. He wrote a book about Maria Callas, and together with Karl-Josef Kutsch began a reference book about opera singers in 1962, whic ...
: ''Unvergängliche Stimmen.'' Francke, 1975 , . *
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and
Rudolf Vierhaus Rudolf Vierhaus (29 October 1922 – 13 November 2011) was a German historian who mainly researched the Early modern period. He had been a professor at the newly founded Ruhr University Bochum since 1964. From 1971, he was director of the in Gött ...
(edit.): ''
Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie The ''Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie'' (''DBE'') is a biographical dictionary published by Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (from the third to fourth volume), the first edition of which was published from 1995 to 2003 in 13 volumes by K. ...
.'' Volume 10.
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publisher & Co. KG, München 1996, , .


External links

* German operatic basses 20th-century German male opera singers 1896 births 1988 deaths Musicians from Hanover {{Germany-opera-singer-stub