Josef Traxel [SEP] voice type
Josef Traxel
Josef Traxel (29 September 1916 in Mainz – 8 October 1975 in Stuttgart) was a German operatic tenor, particularly associated with Mozart roles and the German repertory.
He studied at the Darmstadt Conservatory, but was conscripted into the army before beginning his career. However, he was able to make his debut in Mainz, as Don Ottavio, in 1942, while on sick-leave from the army. After internment in Britain as a prisoner of war, he returned to Germany and resumed his career in
, conducted by Hans Grischkat. He sang the bass part in Bach's "St Matthew Passion" in a live recording conducted by at the Salle Pleyel, with Josef Traxel as the Evangelist and Helmut Fehn as the "vox Christi".
From 1969, Wenk was professor of voice at the . He died in Lohmar.
External links.
- Erich Wenk BAM (Bibliotheken, Archive, Museen)