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Waldemar Kmentt
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Waldemar Kmentt (Vienna, 2 February 1929 – Vienna, 21 January 2015) was an Austrian operatic tenor, who was particularly associated with the German repertory, both opera and operetta. Born in Vienna, Kmentt studied at the Vienna Music Academy, first the piano, and later voice with Adolf Vogel, Elisabeth Radó and Hans Duhan. In 1950, he sang the tenor-solo part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony under Karl Böhm. His professional opera debut was in 1951 at the Vienna State Opera, as the Prince in The Love for Three Oranges. He appeared regularly at the Staatsoper for the next 35 years, in a total of 1,480 performances, and the company awarded him honorary membership in 1982. His Salzburg Festival debut was in 1955 in Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina, as Dandini. Other roles at Salzburg Festival particularly include Mozart roles (Belmonte, Don Ottavio, Ferrando, Tamino, and both Idamante and Idomeneo). Beginning in 1956, he appeared outside Austria, in places such as Milan, Rome, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Berlin, and Munich (Idomeneo, Jenůfa, Die Frau ohne Schatten, and Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann). He made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival, as Walther von Stolzing in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, in 1968. He also appeared regularly at the Vienna Volksoper in operetta, notably Die Fledermaus. Other notable roles included Jacquino, Erik, Bacchus, The Emperor. He also sang a few Italian roles with success such as Rodolfo, des Gr
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Die Zauberflöte K620, Act II: O Isis und Osiris, welche Wonne! (Priester)
572Die Zauberflöte K620, Act II: Bewahret euch vor Weibertücken (Zwei Priester)
303Die Zauberflöte K620, Act II: Heil dir, Jüngling! (Zwei Priester, Papageno, Monostatos)
294Wagner: Das Rheingold / Scene 2 - "Zu mir, Freia!"
235Die Zauberflöte K620, Act II: Da bin ich schon, mein Engel! (Papagena, Papageno, Zweiter Priester)
226Wagner: Das Rheingold / Zweite Szene - "Zu mir, Freia!"
207Das Rheingold / Scene 2 : "Zu mir, Freia!"
188Overture
189Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral" / 4. - Presto- "O Freunde, nicht diese Töne!" -Allegro assai
1810Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Act 1 - "Westwärts schweift der Blick"
16albums
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
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Mozart - Die Zauberflöte
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Wagner: Das Rheingold
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Mozart: The Magic Flute (highlights)
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
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Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold (Solti, Wiener Philharmoniker) [1958], Volume 2
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Johann Strauss II : Die Fledermaus [Gala Performance]
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Franz Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg (1960)
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Salome
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Das kleine Zweimaleins - Elfriede Ott & Waldemar Kmentt
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Beethoven: The 9 Symphonies
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Deluxe Edition Herbert von Karajan - Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9; Rehearsal Symphony No.9