Fritz Wunderlich

German opera singer (1930–1966)

Person human Q57809

Facts

27 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: September 26, 1930
Date of death: September 17, 1966
Place of birth: Kusel
Place of death: Heidelberg
Country of citizenship: Germany^[8]
Occupation: opera singer
Educated at: Hochschule für Musik Freiburg^[9]
Spouse: Eva Wunderlich^[7]
Genre: opera^[11]
Cause of death: falling from height^[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[20]
Described by source: BEIC Digital Library^[19]
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
Fach vocal classification: lyric tenor^[21]
Family name: Wunderlich^[15]
Given name: Fritz^[16]
Instrument: voice^[18]
Manner of death: accidental death^[17]
P14541: 3CFwiV
P14636: 31693
P14927: 11893869X
Place of burial: Munich Forest Cemetery^[6]

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Record label: Deutsche Grammophon^[12]
Start of work period: 1955^[22]
Voice type: tenor^[13]

🏷️ Also known as

en Friedrich Karl Otto Wunderlich ar فريتز فوندرليش de Friedrich Karl Otto Wunderlich fa فریتس ووندرلیش he פריץ וונדרליך it Friedrich Karl Otto Wunderlich ja フリッツ・ヴンダーリヒ ja フリッツ・ヴンダーリッヒ ko 프리츠 분더리히 ru Вундерлих Фриц ru Фриц Вундерлих sv Wunderlich uk Фріц Вундерліх zh 弗里茨·翁德里希

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VIAF cluster ID: 64193478, 311634289
Library of Congress authority ID: n82032730
GND ID: 11893869X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Büste Fritz Wunderlich in Kusel, Benzino-Park.jpg ↗
Acharts.co artist ID: fritz_wunderlich
Album of the Year artist ID: 94546
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000686661
BIBSYS ID: 3027768
BMLO ID: w1039
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 139012974
Billboard artist ID: fritz-wunderlich

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Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: wunderlich-fritz
Bugs! artist ID: 39613
CONOR.SI ID: 42509155
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf10079624
Charts in France artist ID: Fritz-Wunderlich
CiNii Research ID: 1140845216501545984
DBC author ID: 87097969757383
DDB person (GND) ID: 11893869X
Deezer artist ID: 70489
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 11893869X
Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID: I_Vjd9cNg
Discogs artist ID: 575045
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: 172764
FAST ID: 88508
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_11893869X
Filmportal ID: 402cb7367c6540eaba87d1f766178a86
Find a Grave memorial ID: 35293205
Freebase ID: /m/043qpl
GTAA ID: 171829
Gaana artist ID: fritz-wunderlich, fritz-wunderlich-tenor
Geni.com profile ID: 6000000089457844231
Grammy Awards artist ID: fritz-wunderlich/17602
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: fritz-wunderlich
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0072446
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 13056
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2335812
Grove Music Online ID: 30616
Harper's tag: fritz-wunderlich
Hoopla artist ID: 384679223
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 66394
IMDb ID: nm2940300
IdRef ID: 087931206
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID: 11893869X
KANTO ID: 000188562
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 11893869X
Kallías ID: PE00051167
Kinobaza person ID: fritz-wunderlich
Lex ID: Fritz_Wunderlich
Libraries Australia ID: 35678258
LyricsTranslate ID: fritz-wunderlich-lyrics.html
MMB ID: 106286, 35144
Moov artist ID: 00055757
Munzinger person ID: 00000011111
MuseScore artist ID: 940042
Museum-digital ID: 68984
MusicBrainz artist ID: 12093f1c-9a44-4f78-a9d2-1e48166c4ede
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000242374
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA0915245X
NE.se ID: fritz-wunderlich
NL CR AUT ID: js20020128007
NLA Trove people ID: 1038760
NLP ID: a0000001824744
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NSK ID: 981005775503609366
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National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007445141405171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000068017
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National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX885559
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073302090
Obálky knih ID: js20020128007
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3998591
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803125130289
PORT person ID: 591974
Prabook ID: 1096109
Qobuz artist ID: fritz-wunderlich
RERO ID (legacy): A003988119, A010168275
RILM ID: 18286
RISM ID: people/471040
Radio France person ID: fritz-wunderlich
Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank (GND) ID: 11893869X
SBN author ID: BVEV271735, DDSV046934
SNAC ARK ID: w66116hm
SPAP ID: a/2c889742-df02-4410-a328-ea5aadab80f0
SVKKL authority ID: 0321787-Wunderlich-Fritz-19301966
Saarland Biografien ID: 3213
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 104367
Spotify artist ID: 3jp4zawfeVYVpSzO2Yujbv
Supraphonline artist ID: 25044
TMDB person ID: 1421274
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 9884
Tidal artist ID: 2733
Trakt.tv ID: people/fritz-wunderlich
Ultimate Guitar artist ID: fritz_wunderlich_88903
Universal Music France artist ID: 20000102518
Vatican Library VcBA ID: 495/403511
Vienna History Wiki ID: 30063
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJd8bHKvVRCWFmgx4GKfMP
Yale LUX ID: person/7a14cd32-649b-4e0f-9a6c-895cd475a93c
ČSFD person ID: 272480

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🔗 Connections

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Described by source 1

BEIC Digital Library

Educated at 1

Hochschule für Musik Freiburg

Fach vocal classification 1

lyric tenor

Genre 1

opera

Given name 1

Fritz

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Manner of death 1

accidental death

Occupation 1

opera singer

Place of birth 1

Kusel

Place of burial 1

Munich Forest Cemetery

Place of death 1

Heidelberg

Record label 1

Deutsche Grammophon

Sex or gender 1

male

Voice type 1

tenor

← SNARC ID 1

Christoph Helvig

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Summary

Fritz Wunderlich was born on September 26, 1930^[1], in Kusel^[2]. He died on September 17, 1966^[3], in Heidelberg^[4]. He worked as an opera singer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Fritz Wunderlich born?

Fritz Wunderlich's place of birth was Kusel^[2].

Where did Fritz Wunderlich die?

Fritz Wunderlich passed away in Heidelberg^[4].

Who was Fritz Wunderlich married to?

Fritz Wunderlich's spouses include Eva Wunderlich^[7].

What did Fritz Wunderlich do for work?

Fritz Wunderlich worked as an opera singer^[5].

Where did Fritz Wunderlich go to school?

Fritz Wunderlich was educated at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg^[9].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — place of birth (P19): Kusel. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-10. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — place of death (P20): Heidelberg. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-30. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — spouse (P26): Eva Wunderlich. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — educated at (P69): Hochschule für Musik Freiburg. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — occupation (P106): opera singer. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-06-26. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — place of burial (P119): Munich Forest Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — genre (P136): opera. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — record label (P264): Deutsche Grammophon. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — voice type (P412): tenor. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-06-26. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — cause of death (P509): falling from height. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — date of birth (P569): September 26, 1930. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — date of death (P570): September 17, 1966. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — family name (P734): Wunderlich. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — given name (P735): Fritz. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — manner of death (P1196): accidental death. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — instrument (P1303): voice. Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved 2020-06-26. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — described by source (P1343): BEIC Digital Library. digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — Fach vocal classification (P1731): lyric tenor. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Fritz Wunderlich — start of work period (P2031): 1955. wikidata.org.

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