Kurt Rydl

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Kurt Rydl, 2019

Kurt Rydl (born October 8, 1947) is an Austrian operatic bass (basso profondo).[1]

Biography

Rydl studied at the

Mahler
.

He debuted in 1976 at the Vienna State Opera as Ferrando (

The Flying Dutchman), Roger (Jérusalem), King Henry (Lohengrin), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Geronte (Manon Lescaut), Talbot (Maria Stuarda), Veit Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Bartolo (The Barber of Seville), Titurel and Gurnemanz (Parsifal), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Hunding (Die Walküre), Fafner (Siegfried), Hagen (Götterdämmerung), Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier) Morosus (Die schweigsame Frau), Landgraf (Tannhäuser), Claggart (Billy Budd) and Sarastro (The Magic Flute
).

Rydl studied in the U.S. as an exchange student and is fluent in English.[1]

In 1996 he was named Austrian

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class in 2001.[2]

In 2016 he was awarded the Grand Prix de la Culture in Vienna on the occasion of his 40th anniversary with the Vienna State Opera.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Kurt Rydl – The Bass". Archived from the original on 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  2. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1422. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  3. ^ "Kurt Rydl ontvangt Grand Prix de la Culture 2016" (in Dutch).

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