- Born
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- Günter Wewel was born on November 29, 1934 in Arnsberg, Westphalia, Germany. He was married to Gisela. He died on May 9, 2023 in Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- SpouseGisela(1959 - September 20, 2014) (her death)
- He was awarded with the Hermann-Löns-Medaille in Gold in 1992.
- He studied with Rudolf Watzke in Dortmund and Johannes Kobeck in Vienna.
- Wewel performed over 80 roles, including Osmin in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, the Komtur in Don Giovanni, Sarastro in Die Zauberflöte, Rocco in Beethoven's Fidelio", Philipp II in Verdi's Don Carlo, Gremin in Tchaikovsky's Eugen Onegin, Daland in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, Heinrich in Lohengrin, Marke in Tristan und Isolde and Titurel in Parsifal. He also performed in operettas.
- From 1965, he appeared as a guest in Germany at the Bavarian State Opera, the Hamburg State Opera, the Staatstheater Stuttgart, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Cologne Opera and Staatstheater Hannover, among others.
- Wewel was a German operatic bass and television presenter.
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