Otto Edelmann Biography

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Otto Edelman (February 5, 1917-May 14, 2003) was an Austrian bass-baritone. He was born in Brunn am Gebirge near Vienna and studied in Vienna. His debut was at Gera as Figaro in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. He later sang the Vienna State Opera, the Edinburgh Festival and the Metropolitan Opera. He sang at the Bayreuth Festival immediately after its reopening in 1951 after World War II, performing the role of Hans Sachs in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. He also sang Ochs in Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at the first performances in the new Salzburg Festspielhaus in 1960. He died in Vienna.

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