Cordes, Marcel

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Name (Latin)
Cordes, Marcel
Other forms of name
Schumacher, Kurt, 1920-1992
Date of birth
1920-03-11
Date of death
1992-11-26
Occupation
Baritones (Singers)
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 49413737
Wikidata: Q1670808
Library of congress: n 83129286
TAU10: 000478328
Sources of Information
  • Strauss, R. Feuersnot [SR] p1980:labels (Marcel Cordes) container (sings role of Kunrad)
  • Kutsch/Riemens. Grosses Sängerlexikon, 1987-(Cordes, Marcel; b. Mar. 11, 1920, Stelzenberg (Rheinpfalz); baritone) Ergänzungsband, 1994 (d. Nov. 26, 1992, Angerberg (Tirol))
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Wikipedia description:

Marcel Cordes (born Kurt Schumacher, 11 March 1920 – 26 November 1992) was a German baritone in opera and concert. He was regarded as a leading baritone of German origin for Italian opera in the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared at major opera houses in Europe, and made recordings of complete operas and excerpts, including in 1956 the first complete recording of Carl Orff's Die Kluge.

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