Karl-Christian Kohn

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Karl-Christian Kohn (21 May 1928 in Losheim am See – 20 January 2006) was a German opera singer (bass).[1]

Life

After his education at the

Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.[2] He was considered a pillar of the ensemble and appeared in over 2,500 performances. He was honoured by the Bavarian State Opera with the title of Kammersänger
.

After the end of his stage career in 1991, he was professor for singing at the

Mozarteum
in Salzburg until 1998.

He died at the age of 77 in Munich as a result of an injury.

Stage roles

He sang Figaro in Mozart's

Gran Teatre del Liceu
in Barcelona, where he received the Spanish Critics' Prize, in Brussels and Edinburgh.

He was successful in many great bass roles in Munich; among others he sang Sarastro in Mozart's

The Valkyrie, Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen, Ochs in Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier and Count Waldner in Strauss' Arabella. In a 1958 recording he sang the Grand Inquisitor in Verdi's Don Carlos alongside Gottlob Frick
.

Kohn also sang in contemporary operas, including the world premiere of Werner Egk's Die Verlobung von San Domingo nach Heinrich von Kleist.

Concert repertoire

Kohn was also active as a concert singer. Among other things, he was a permanent guest at the concerts of the Münchener Bach-Chor under the direction of Karl Richter, who at his time was the leading Bach interpreter in the Federal Republic of Germany. Kohn was a regular guest at the then popular Munich Sunday concerts.

Recordings[3]

Some of Kohn's opera roles are documented on recordings, including Leporello in Mozart's Don Giovanni (

Paukenmesse und Mozart's Requiem
.

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