Hans Hopf
Born: 2nd August 1916, Nuremberg
Died: 25th June 1993, Munich
Nationality: German
Hans Hopf was a German operatic tenor, one of the leading heldentenors of the immediate postwar period. He sang Walther von Stolzing in the Bayreuth Festival's Die Meistersinger, in 1951 and again in 1952. He would also sing Siegfried at Bayreuth from 1960–1963.
He studied in Munich with Paul Bender, and made his stage debut with a touring opera ensemble, as Pinkerton, in 1936. He then sang in Augsburg (1939–42), Dresden (1942–43), and Oslo (1943–44). He joined the Berlin State Opera in 1946, and the Munich State Opera, in 1949.
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 | Live at Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Germany, 7/29/1951
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (alto), Hans Hopf (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass), Festspielorchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo), Hans Hopf (tenor), Otto Edelmann (bass) Wiener Philharmoniker, Stockholm Philharmonic & Chor und Orchester der Festspiele Bayreuth, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Wagner: Siegfried
Hans Hopf (Siegfried), Erich Klaus (Mime), Birgit Nilsson (Brünnhilde), Otakar Kraus (Alberich), Otto Wiener (Der Wanderer), Ingeborg Moussa-Felderer (Stimme des Waldvogels), Marga Hoffgen (Erda) Orchester des Bayreuther Festspiele, Rudolph Kempe
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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Otto Edelman (Hans Sachs), Hans Hopf (Walther), Lisa Della Casa (Eva), Heinrich Pflanzl (Beckmesser), Kurt Böehme (Pogner), Gerhard Unger (David), Ira Malaniuk (Magdalena), Werner Faulhaber (Kothner), Gustav Neidlinger (Nachtwächter) Orchestra and Chorus of the Bayreuth Festival, Hans Knappertsbusch
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