Fritz Wunderlich; "DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN"; Franz Schubert

This channel is the re-establishment of previous channels that have been sadly terminated. ================= Fritz Wunderlich--tenor Hubert Giesen--piano 1966 ================ “Born: September 26, 1930 - Palatine town of Kusel, Germany Died: September 17, 1966 - Heidelberg, Germany The esteemed German tenor, Fritz Wunderlich, who was born to a violinist mother and choir director father, was no doubt enveloped in music at an early age. Urged to pursue classical voice training by theater people who heard him singing as they passed the bakery where he worked, the young Wunderlich was granted a scholarship to the Freiburg Music Academy in Breisgau by the town fathers. He studied there from 1950 to 1955, also studying the classical horn which explains his almost supernatural breath control. After playing Tamino in a 1955 student production of W.A. Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Fritz Wunderlich was engaged by the Wurttemberg State Opera in Stuttgart. His first profession