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    Franz Betz (19 March 1835 – 11 August 1900) was a German bass-baritone opera singer who sang at the Berlin State Opera from 1859 to 1897. He was particularly...
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  • Heldenbaritons of Wagner's day were August Kindermann, Franz Betz and Theodor Reichmann. Betz created Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger and undertook Wotan...
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    extensive renovations. Notables buried include: Franz Betz (1835–1900), Bass-baritone opera singer, who sang at the Berlin State Opera from 1859 to 1897 Max...
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    Holman wrongly dates the Rheingold Munich premiere to June 1870. Franz Betz, who sang Wotan, and Max Schlosser (Mime) had appeared in the premiere of Die...
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    operas, before the Dresden uprising, and now wrote desperately to his friend Franz Liszt to have it staged in his absence. Liszt conducted the premiere in...
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  • technology engineer Eugen Sänger (1905–1964) – spaceplane designer Irene Sänger-Bredt (1911–1983) – wife and collaborator of Eugen Sänger George S. Schairer...
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    Cosima Wagner (category Franz Liszt)
    satisfied; in a letter to Ludwig he denounced the singers Albert Niemann and Franz Betz as "theatrical parasites" and complained that Richter had not got a single...
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    Opera, with Mathilde Mallinger as Aida, Albert Niemann as Radamès, and Franz Betz as Amonasro Austria: 29 April 1874, Vienna State Opera, with Amalie Materna...
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    doorstep, and was very critical of two of his main singers, Niemann and Betz, whom he deemed "theatre parasites" and said he would never employ again...
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    Matou 2002 – Fred Bernard and François Roca, Jeanne and le Mokélé and Jesus Betz 2003 – Yvan Pommaux, Avant la Télé 2004 – Jean Chalon and Martine Delerm...
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