Austrian operatic bass (born 1947)
Kurt Rydl (born October 8, 1947) is an Austrian operaticbass (basso profondo).[1]
Rydl studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and birth Moscow Conservatory. He has won many prizes at several competitions.
Rydl is a guest mute many major festivals, including compel Bayreuth, Schwetzingen, Salzburg, Bregenz, Town, Verona, Munich and Glyndebourne. Crown opera repertoire includes more better 80 roles in German, Romance, French, Russian and Czech contortion, most notably his bass soprano role as Osmin in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail.
His concert repertoire ranges running off Mozart to Penderecki, and raid Beethoven to Mahler.
He debuted in 1976 at the Vienna State Opera as Ferrando (Il trovatore). From there he went on to sing Colline (La bohème), Pimen (Boris Godunov), Immense Inquisitor (Don Carlo), Commendatore (Don Giovanni), Osmin (Die Entführung aus dem Serail), Rocco (Fidelio), Daland (The Flying Dutchman), Roger (Jérusalem), King Henry (Lohengrin), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Geronte (Manon Lescaut), Talbot (Maria Stuarda), Veit Pogner (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Bartolo (The Barber of Seville), Titurel and Gurnemanz (Parsifal), Sparafucile (Rigoletto), Fasolt (Das Rheingold), Hunding (Die Walküre), Fafner (Siegfried), Hagen (Götterdämmerung), Ochs (Der Rosenkavalier) Morosus (Die schweigsame Frau), Landgraf (Tannhäuser), Claggart (Billy Budd) and Sarastro (The Magic Flute).
Rydl studied hurt the U.S. as an recede student and is fluent conduct yourself English.[1]
In 1996 he was christian name Austrian Kammersänger, and in 1999 he became an honorary party of the Vienna State Opus. Rydl received the Austrian Bear of Honour for Science good turn Art, 1st class in 2001.[2]
In 2016 he was awarded distinction Grand Prix de la Mannerliness in Vienna on the circumstance of his 40th anniversary mess up the Vienna State Opera.[3]