Le 20 octobre 1947, il y a 70
ans aujourd’hui, naissait à Munich le baryton allemand Wolfgang Brendel. He has performed on
all the major opera stages in Germany (Hamburg State Opera, both the Deutsche
Oper and the Staatsoper in Berlin, Dresden) and
throughout Europe (Vienna, Milan, London, Paris, Bayreuth, Dresden, Amsterdam,
Lisbon, Madrid), in Tokyo, and in the United States (New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas). Since Brendel's debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1975, age 27, as Count
Almaviva, he has sung 91 performances there through 2007 in Mozart (Papageno),
Verdi (Germont, Miller), Wagner (Amfortas), Puccini (Sharpless), J. Strauß (Dr.
Falke and Eisenstein), and R. Strauss (Mandryka, Barak, Count in Capriccio,
Music Master, Altair). In his Andante on-line review of Brendel's Barak
in the new production of Die Frau ohne Schatten in 2001, Paul Griffiths catches the essence of the
baritone in so many of his roles: "Wolfgang Brendel is extraordinarily
resourceful. With his subtle control of color and phrasing, he can suggest a
man fiercely resolute, tired or ironically self-dismissive, yet always good and
trustworthy. He sings with melodious ease: the entire part comes across as the
man's natural mode of expression."…
Wolfgang Brendel in the role of Hans
Sachs, from act 3 of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. From a 1995
performance in the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Conducted by Rafael Frühbeck de
Burgos.
Lucia Popp & W. Brendel - Man & Wife - Magic
Flute
1983 live at Bavarian State Opera
Munich Conductor: Sawallisch
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