Tugomir Franc (8 February 1932 – 5 January 1983), was a Yugoslavian opera singer (

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Born in

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, Franc was trained at the Zagreb Conservatory by Zlatko Sir and Lav Vrbanik and then in Vienna by

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. From the end of the 1950s he sang frequently at the

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and at the

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, among others under the direction of

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(as Titurel in ''

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'' in 1961, and in ''

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'' in 1963). From 1964 to 1965 he also sang at the

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. As a guest he was active in Bordeaux, Nancy, Toulouse, Rome, Turin, Frankfurt am Main, Stockholm, Geneva, Belgrade and Zagreb as well as at the

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on Operaclass.com Franc had a warm, deep voice and clear diction, despite a slight Balkan accent. He was also successful as a concert and oratorio singer. He is buried at (2-15-5) in Vienna.

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Franc, Tugomi
on Ludwig Maximilian University
Tugomir Franc
Vienna State Opera * {{DEFAULTSORT:Franc, Tugomir 1932 births 1983 deaths Musicians from Zagreb Operatic basses Yugoslav male opera singers

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