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).
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Parsifal | Richard Wagner - Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Matti Salminen, James King, Franz Mazura, Yvonne Minton, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks | 2008 | Album |
Der Kaiser Von Atlantis · Hölderlin-Lieder | Viktor Ullmann - Michael Kraus, Walter Berry, Iris Vermillion, Franz Mazura, Herbert Lippert, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Lothar Zagrosek | 1994 | Album |
Moses Und Aron | Arnold Schoenberg, Franz Mazura, Philip Langridge, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Georg Solti | 1985 | Album |
Lulu | Alban 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 Boulez | 1979 | Album |