Birth Name:

Franz Mazura

Male

Birth Date:

Tue, Apr 22, 1924

Time of Birth:

04:00 AM

Place of Birth:

Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria

Age:

100

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

1°

Tau

42'

Moon

7°

Sag

29'

Asc

25°

Pis

42'

MC

28°

Sag

7'

About Franz Mazura

Franz Mazura (22 April 1924 – 23 January 2020) was an Austrian bass-baritone opera singer and actor. He performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1971 for 25 years and at the Metropolitan Opera for 15 years. He was made a Kammersänger in 1980 and an Honorary Member of the Nationaltheater Mannheim in 1990. He most often played villains and strange characters, with signature roles including Klingsor in Wagner's Parsifal. Mazura took part in world premieres, such as the double role of Dr. Schön and Jack the Ripper in the world premiere of the completed version of Alban Berg's Lulu at the Paris Opera in 1979, and as Abraham in Giorgio Battistelli's Lot in 2017. Two of his recordings received Grammy Awards. His voice was described as with dark timbre, powerful and like granite ("dunkel gefärbt, kräftig und wie Granit"), with perfect diction. His acting ability was described as "well-supplied with vivid imaginative touches, whether deployed in comic roles or characters of inexorable malevolence. Mazura could achieve more impact with a lifted eyebrow or a belligerently thrust chin than many artists could with a ten-minute monologue." He had a long career, appearing at the Staatsoper Berlin the night before his 95th birthday.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Literature by and about Franz Mazura in the German National Library catalogue

• Franz Mazura discography at Discogs

• "Franz Mazura". www.orlob.net.

• On video (YouTube): Alberich curses the ring Wolfgang Wagner's Ring production 1974

• On video (YouTube): Dr. Schoen spills the beans (in Lulu) Alban Berg, Lulu, Act 1 sc 2. Stratas, Tear, Mazura. Boulez, Chereau

Birth Chart and Planetary Positions of Franz Mazura

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Franz Mazura: Sun 1 Taurus, Moon 7 Sagittarius, Mercury 20 Taurus, Venus 17 Gemini, Mars 28 Capricorn, Jupiter 19 Sagittarius, Saturn 28 Libra, Uranus 19 Pisces, Neptune 17 Leo, Pluto 10 Cancer, Asc 25 Pisces, Mc 28 Sagittarius, Sun Opposition Saturn, Sun Trine Midheaven, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Mercury Square Neptune, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Square Mars, Sun Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Moon Quincunx Pluto, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Venus Opposition Jupiter, Venus Square Uranus, Venus Sextile Neptune, Mars Square Saturn, Mars Sextile Ascendant, Mars Semi Sextile Midheaven, Jupiter Square Uranus, Jupiter Trine Neptune, Saturn Sextile Midheaven, Uranus Quincunx Neptune, Uranus Conjunct Ascendant, Ascendant Square Midheaven

Categories related to Franz Mazura: 20th-century male singers, 2020 deaths, April 22 births, Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, 21st-century male singers, People from Salzburg, Hochschule für Musik Detmold alumni, 1924 births, Österreichischer Kammersänger, Austrian opera singers, 20th-century Austrian opera singers, 21st-century Austrian opera singers

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