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- Birth nameErich Majkut
- Erisch Majkut was born on February 3, 1907 in Vienna, Austria. He was an actor, known for Der Rosenkavalier (1961) and Der Prozeß (1961). He died in 1976.
- Opera singer (tenor).
- Trained at the Musikhochschule of Vienna, after his studies Erich Majkut belonged from 1929 to 1944 to the choir of the Vienna State Opera. In 1945 he appeared as a soloist with the ensemble of this house, where he specialized particularly in character tenor roles (Comprimario roles). For more than 30 years until 1976 he appeared in these roles at the Opera of Vienna. During this period he sang there 83 different roles, including Jacquino in "Fidelio", David in "Balthasar", Zorn in "Meistersingern von Nurnberg", Goro in "Madame Butterfly", Spoletta in "Tosca", Borsa in "Rigoletto", Rodrigo in Verdi's "Othello", Incredibile in "Andrea Chénier" by Giordano, Dr. Cajus in "Falstaff" by Verdi, Basilio and Don Curzio (this role alone 266 times in Vienna) in "Le Nozze di Figaro".
- At the Salzburg Festival he sang in the premiere of the operas "Romeo und Julia" by Boris Blacher (August 1950), "Die Liebe der Danaë" by R. Strauss (August 1952) and "Der Prozess" by Gottfried von Einem (August 1953).
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