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Franz Mazura

voc, *1924 AT, Salzburg
Singer / Musician of Classical

Franz Mazura (born 22 April 1924 in Salzburg) is an Austrian bass-baritone opera singer and actor. He was made a Kammersänger in 1980 and an Honorary Member of the National Theater of Mannheim in 1990. He most often plays villains and strange characters.Mazura appears on two Grammy Award winning recordings: as Dr. Schön in Lulu, conducted by Pierre Boulez (Best Opera Recording 1980) and as Moses in Moses und Aron, conducted by Sir Georg Solti (Best Opera Recording 1985).

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Bass
Popular Tracks   
Lulu / Act 1: "Darf ich eintreten?" - "Mein Sohn!" ... "Wie ist dir?" on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Lulu / Act 2: "Wenn sich die Menschen" ... "Du kannst mich nicht dem Gericht" on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Moses und Aron / Act 1: "Einziger, ewiger, allgegenwärtiger" on Schoenberg: Moses und Aron by Arnold Schoenberg, Sir Georg Solti, Philip Langridge, Franz Mazura, Chicago Symphony Chorus & Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Lulu / Act 1: "Was tut denn Ihr Vater da?" Sonate "Wenn ich ihr Mann wäre" on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Lulu / Act 1: "Über die liesse sich freilich .." ... " Das hättest du dir besser erspart" on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Lulu / Act 1: "Ich darf mich jetzt hier nicht sehen lassen" on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Lulu / Act 1: Monoritmica "Nun?" / "Du hast eine halbe Million geheiratet" on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Lulu / Act 1: "Wie kannst du die Szene gegen .." ... "Sehr geehrtes Fräulein .." on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Lulu / Act 3: "Das ist der letzte Abend" - "Lulu! Mein Engel!" (Gräfin Geschwitz, Lulu, Jack) on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez
Lulu / Act 2: "Sie glauben nicht" - "Könntest du dich für heute nachmittag" on Berg: Lulu by Alban Berg, Teresa Stratas, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Paris & Pierre Boulez

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
ParsifalRichard Wagner - Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Matti Salminen, James King, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks2008Album
Der Kaiser Von Atlantis · Hölderlin-LiederViktor Ullmann - Michael Kraus, Walter Berry, Iris Vermillion, Franz Mazura, Herbert Lippert, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Lothar Zagrosek1994Album
Moses Und AronArnold Schoenberg, Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti1985Album
LuluAlban Berg - Teresa Stratas, Yvonne Minton • Hanna Schwarz, Franz Mazura • Kenneth Riegel, Toni Blankenheim • Robert Tear, Helmut Pampuch, Orchestre National De L'Opéra De Paris, Pierre Boulez1979Album
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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.
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