Stolze, Gerhard

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Stolze, Gerhard (b Dessau, 1926; d Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1979). Ger. tenor. Début Dresden 1949 (Moser in Die Meistersinger). Bayreuth Fest. 1951–69; Berlin Staatsoper 1953–61; Vienna début 1957; CG 1960; NY Met 1968. Splendid character-ten. e.g. as Mime in The Ring (recorded with Solti), Herod in Salome.

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