Josef Metternich
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Josef Metternich (June 2, 1915, Cologne - February 21, 2005, Feldafing) was a German operatic baritone.
Metternich was born in Hermühlheim, near Cologne, he studied in Cologne and Berlin, and sang with the Cologne and Bonn choruses, before making his solo debut in 1941 with the Berlin State Opera in Lohengrin, but his career was delayed by the war, it really took off in 1946, when he was able to return to the opera stage, and quickly established himself in both the German and Italian repertories.
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 was a powerful and reliable singer, he retired in 1971 after performing for more than three decades.
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- Grove Music Online, Noel Goodwin, May 2008.
