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Kammersaenger Hans Hopf on b/w photo by Toepfer.
3.5 x 5.5 inches, fine condition.
The Heldentenor Hans Hopf (1916 - 1993 ) studied with the bass Paul Bender in Munich, made his doebut at the Landestheater in 1936 as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly.
Augsburg, Oslo, Berlin and Dresden followed and from 1949 he was a member of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich. He appeared fairly frequently at Bayreuth, sang in the performance of Beethoven’s Ninth that opened the 1951 festival and made guest appearances at all the major European houses, as well as the Met in New York and the Colón, Buenos Aires.
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