Josef Metternich
Josef Metternich (2 June 1915, in Cologne – 21 February 2005, in Feldafing) was a German operatic baritone. Metternich also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in La forza del destino, in 1953. He joined the Munich State Opera in 1954, where he created the role of Johannes Kepler in Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt (1957). Metternich retired in 1971 after performing for more than three decades.
Genre: opera
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Top Tracks
- Er Ists, Carlos, Mein Freund / Gott, Der Entflammte Der Liebe Heiße Glut: Don Carlos
- Da Der Fremde Keinen Schnurrbart Hat / Ein Student Bin Ich: Die Macht Des Schicksals
- Preziosilla! / Beim Schalle Der Trommel: Die Macht Des Schicksals
- Ihr Herren, Bei Ulrika Sehn Wir Uns Heute Wieder Jeder Gram Weiche Heut Dem Vergnügen: Ein Maskenball
- Für Dein Glück Und Für Dein Leben: Ein Maskenball
- Parsifal, WWV 111 (Excerpts): Ja, wehe, wehe [Live]
- Parsifal, WWV 111 (Excerpts): Nein! Laßt ihn unenthüllt! [Live]
- Interview with Josef Metternich, 2001 (Metropolitan Opera & Rudolf Bing) [Live]
- Interview with Josef Metternich, 2001 (Leo Blech & La forza del destino) [Live]
- Interview with Josef Metternich, 2001 (Vienna Stateopera) [Live]
- Interview with Josef Metternich, 2001 (Hamburg Stateopera) [Live]
- Interview with Josef Metternich, 2001 (Sir Georg Solti & Munich) [Live]
- Interview with Josef Metternich, 2001 (Herbert von Karajan (Live)
- Interview with Josef Metternich, 2001 (Berlin Stateopera & La traviata) [Live]
- Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263 (Excerpts): Das war sehr gut, Mandryka
- Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263 (Excerpts): Und du wirst mein Gebieter sein [2]
- Arabella, Op. 79, TrV 263 (Excerpts): Ich habe eine Frau gehabt
- Otello (Excerpts Sung in German): Zur Nachtzeit war es [Live]
- Otello (Excerpts Sung in German): Geh' nur - Ich glaube an einen Gott [Live]
- Otello (Excerpts Sung in German): Rodrigo, nun sag', was meinst du?
Albums (43)
- Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen [Electrola Querschnitte] (2013-04-12)
- Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (1953)
- A Song Recital By Rita Streich (2000-01-01)
- Kálmán: Der Zigeunerprimas (2014-09-29)
- Millöcker: Gasparone (2014-09-05)
- Puccini: Tosca - Opernquerschnitt in deutscher Sprache (2018-12-21)
- Wagner: Lohengrin, WWV 75 (Bayerische Staatsoper Live) (2016-03-11)
- Strauss: Friedenstag, Op. 81, TrV 271 (Recorded Live 1960) (2014-09-01)
- Die Fran Ohne Schatten (2000-01-01)
- Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera (2000-01-01)
- Singers of the Century: Josef Metternich - Arias & Scenes Recital (2019 Remaster) (2019-10-04)
- Verdi: La Traviata - Opernquerschnitt in deutscher Sprache (2018-12-21)
- Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234 (Recorded 1954) [Live] (2015-02-01)
- Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Live) (2014-09-01)
- Verdi: Otello (Sung in German) (2014-08-01)
- Verdi: Macbeth (Live Recordings 1950) [Sung in German] (2014-07-01)
- Humperdinck: Hänsel & Gretel (2013-06-03)
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor [Electrola Querschnitte] (2013-04-12)
- Legenden des Gesanges, Vol. 10: Josef Metternich (1951-1955) (2010-09-28)
- Strauss: Salome [1952], Vol. 2 (2010-02-25)
- Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere Josef Metternich III (2009-10-07)
- Josef Metternich: Rare & Unreleased Recordings (2008)
- Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere - Josef Metternich (Vol. 2) (2006-10-20)
- Josef Metternich (2006-08-23)
- Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere - Josef Metternich (2006-07-27)
- Giuseppe Verdi : Macbeth (2005)
- Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes D'Hoffmann (Sung In German 1941/1957) (2004)
- Carmen (2000-01-01)
- Bizet: Carmen (2000-01-01)
- Wagner: Le vaisseau fantôme, extraits (Mono Version) (1957)
- Strauss: Arabella, Extracts (Mono Version) (1955)
- Strauss: Salome (Mono Version) (1953-01-01)
- Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie / Berliner Symphoniker / Wilhelm Schüchter play: Giuseppe Verdi: 4 Extraits de "La Forza del destino" (2015-02-13)
- Dokumente einer Sängerkarriere - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (2006-10-20)
- Icon: Hermann Prey (2011-02-21)
- Early Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon (2005-01-01)
- Leoncavallo: Der Bajazzo (Pagliacci - Sung in German) (1960-01-01)
- Josef Metternich: Rare & Unreleased Recordings (2021-07-09)
- Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer (1953)
- Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel (1953-01-01)
- Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals (2014-09-05)
- Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen - Des Knaben Wunderhorn (2006-09-04)
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Sings Richard Strauss (2022-07-29)
Recordings with proof (2)
- Reich mir die Hand, mein Leben (Don Giovanni); ISRC ATP139212503; CopyrightID 0x36ae1e149e2ce200bfcc73118e65711912c8b26ac0a106679ca3cb87b2cdf913; Bitcoin block 957122; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Die Macht des Schicksals: Vorspiel; ISRC DEHB51281912; CopyrightID 0xac09ebb5632a088b882b332b0bb82fa1bbaffc3b1a174ede77bed8c9bee97b82; Bitcoin block 957145; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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Popularity-0 recordings of Josef Metternich in everplay, described from supplier metadata.