Lorenz Fehenberger [SEP] voice type
Lorenz Fehenberger
Lorenz Fehenberger (August 24, 1912 – July 29, 1984), was a German operatic tenor, particularly associated with the German and Italian repertories.
Fehenberger was born in Oberweidach, Upper Bavaria, and began singing as a boy in a church choir, later studying voice with Elisabeth Wolff in Munich. He made his stage debut in Graz, as the Italian singer in "Der Rosenkavalier", in 1939. He then sang at the Staatsoper Dresden from 1941 to 1945, and made his debut at
, singing in 1934 in Dvořák's Stabat Mater, and from 1951 to 1959 in Mozart's Requiem. In 1953, she appeared in Handel's "Judas Maccabaeus", conducted by , alongside Tilla Briem, Lorenz Fehenberger and Oskar Czerwenka. From 1955 to 1957 she performed in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and until 1960 in masses by Haydn.
From 1956 Pitzinger held a master class for voice at the Musikhochschule Hannover. In 1960 she was appointed professor of voice at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt, where she taught until 1973.