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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Special offer. Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth Höngen, Hans Hopf, Otto Edelmann Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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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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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischutz
Hans Hopf (Max), Elisabeth Grümmer (Agathe), Kurt Böhme (Kaspar), Alfred Poell (Ottokar), Oskar Czerwenka (Kuno), Karl Dönch (Kilian), Otto Edelmann (Hermit), Claus Clausen (Zamiel), Rita Streich (Ännchen), Chorus of Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler
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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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