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Max Lorenz (born Max Sülzenfuß, 10 May 1901 in Düsseldorf, died 11 Jan 1975 in Salzburg). German heroic tenor famous for singing Wagner. Lorenz studied with Ernst Grenzebach in Berlin. He made his debut at the Semperoper in Dresden in 1927. From 1929 to 1944 – Berlin State Opera, also New York Metropolitan Opera (1931–34), the Bayreuth Festspielhaus (1933–39, 52, 54), Royal Opera House (1934, 37), Vienna State Opera (1929–33, 36–44, 54). He became known as one of the world's leading heldentenors, renowned for his performances in Tristan, Siegfried and Walther. He was also a notable Otello, Bacchus and Herod. At his best in the 1920s and 1930s, Lorenz possessed a powerful, ringing voice. Max Lorenz is buried at the Zentralfriedhof in Vienna (group 40, grave 37). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater (Die Walküre)
272Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Am stillen Herd
233Gotterdammerung (Twilight of the Gods): Prologue: Einleitung
214Götterdämmerung
195Inbrunst Im Herzen (Tannhäuser)
176Am stillen Herd (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
167Dir töne Lob (Tannhäuser)
168O Fürstin! (Tannhäuser)
159Act 3: Ein Albe Fuhrte Mich Ir
1410Morgendlich leuchtend (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg)
14Max Lorenz - The complete Electrola Recordings
Wilhelm Furtwangler Conducts Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (Milan 1950)
Max Lorenz singt Wagner
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Lebendige Vergangenheit - Max Lorenz
Wagner's The Ring Cycle - Historic Recordings 1936-1958
Rienzi
Wagner, Verdi & Others: Vocal Works
Max Lorenz - Keiner war wie er
Wagner: Die Walküre, WWV 86B
Max Lorenz singt Richard Wagner (Vol.2)
The Record of Singing 1899-1952