Peter Minich

Peter Minich a adăugat o fotografie

acum 9 zile

R.I.P
Peter

Peter Minich (29 January 1927 – 29 July 2013) was an Austrian stage actor who became a tenor performing in operas, operettas and musical films. He was for decades the lead tenor of the Volksoper in Vienna, focused on Viennese operetta.

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

Family and early years Minich was born the son of an innkeeper in St Pölten. An early ambition to work in automobile design led him to attend the HTL Mödling, a technical college for mechanical engineering at Mödling, just outside Vienna. But it was not long before he discovered his love of theatre. He undertook training in acting during the post-war period, attending both the Max Reinhardt Seminar and the Franz Schubert Conservatory. The training included acting, stagecraft and singing. He then studied at the Vienna Music Academy. In 1948 he had his first professional engagement, performing in a Viennese cellar theatre.

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

Burgtheater, St. Pölten, Graz As a trainee actor, Minich made stage appearances at Vienna's Burgtheater. In December 1950 he made his first guest appearance (in a small speaking role) at the Volksoper, taking the part of Lieutenant Guarini in Millöcker's Gasparone. Then between 1951 and 1953 he played at the Landestheater Niederösterreich (as it was known at that time) in St. Pölten. It was during his time at the St. Pölten "Stadttheater" that he was "discovered" as a singer by the influential opera critic Marcel Prawy, after stepping in for a sick colleague, on the day of Prawy's attendance, to take on the tenor role in Suppé's Boccaccio. He also made his official debut as a singer in St. Pölten, appearing in a bass role as Colonel Franz Ollendorf in Millöcker's Der Bettelstudent. During this period in St. Pölten he met "the first great love of his life", the operetta singer Eleonore Bauer (1927–1965), whom he subsequently married.

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

St. Gallen Between 1951 and 1955, Minich's principal venue was the Theater St. Gallen (subsequently torn down, relocated and rebuilt: the 1950s theatre frontage has been replaced by a McDonald's burger outlet). He was then principally engaged at the Graz Opera between 1955 and 1960. Having already made his debut at the Volksoper in Vienna in a small speaking role back in 1950, and a number of noteworthy appearances there during the intervening decade, Minich in 1960 became a permanent member of the Volksoper company. Sources indicate that recommendations from Marcel Prawy were again instrumental in the appointment. It was at the Volksoper that Minich's stage career reached its high point during the 1960s and 1970s.

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

Volksoper Minich starred in several guest roles at the Volksoper, notably in 1956 as Petruchio in Porter's Kiss Me, Kate and then in 1957 as Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. In September 1960, he made his first stage appearance after joining as a full-time Volksoper ensemble member as Count Tassilo in Kálmán's Countess Maritza. During nearly twenty years as a member of the Volksoper company, Minich took on many of the classic tenor light opera roles from the mainstream light opera repertoire. Among his many leading roles at the Staatsoper were Symon in Der Bettelstudent (1960), Lieutenant Niki in Ein Walzertraum by Oscar Straus (1960, and reprised in 1974), Danilo in Lehár's The Merry Widow (1960 and 1974) and Paul Aubier in Opernball by Richard Heuberger (1960 and 1985). It was a typical Viennese repertoire of light opera tenor roles which also included that of Achmed Bey in Fall's The Rose of Stamboul (1961), the title role in Boccaccio (1961), Carmello in Eine Nacht in Venedig by Johann Strauss (1961), Mister X in Die Zirkusprinzessin (1962), Nanki-Puh in The Mikado (1962), René in Madame Pompadour (1964), René in Der Graf von Luxemburg (1964), Edwin Ronald in Die Csárdásfürstin…Citește mai mult

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

Beyond the Volksoper During the final years of his career, Minich increased the proportion of his work undertaken outside the Volksoper, while remaining in the Lower Austria region surrounding Vienna. His focus continued to be on operettas, but increasingly on speaking roles. In 1998 he appeared at the Stadttheater Baden in Baden bei Wien as Honoré Lachailles in Gigi. There were further appearances at the Langenlois Castle Festival, as Prince Ypsheim-Gindelbach in Wiener Blut (2000) and at the Sommerspiele Perchtoldsdorf as Donna in Il Campiello by Carlo Goldoni (2001). In 2005 he returned to the Stadttheater Baden, appearing in Frühjahrsparade by Robert Stolz, this time taking the part of the emperor. In October 2006 he took on the role of Emperor Altoum in Puccini's Turandot, which turned out to be his final stage role with the Volksoper, and he continued to play the part in 2007. During the final months of 2007 and again during 2008/09, he reprised the role, but this time in a short series of concert performances rather than on the opera stage. His final major stage role came in 2007 when he appeared in a speaking role as old Pastor Cerny in Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld…Citește mai mult

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

Death In January 2005, Minich was diagnosed with early-stage Parkinson's disease. It progressed rapidly. He was 86 when he died in Vienna of pneumonia.

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

Literature Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens: Großes Sängerlexikon. Fourth, extended and updated edition. Volume 5 Menni - Rappold. K. G. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 (7 volumes)

Peter Minich a lăsat un gând

acum 9 zile

Peter Minich on Filmportal.de "Prof. Higgins" Peter Minich wird 85 – ORF.at vom 28. Jänner 2012 Peter Minich in Austria-Forum (in German) (at AEIOU) Entry about Peter Minich in the database Gedächtnis des Landes on the history of the state of Lower Austria (Lower Austria Museum)