Sudden death of international German tenor, aged 52
mainThe Vienna Volksoper has announced the sudden and unexpected death on April 26 of Endrik Wottrich, a prominent German tenor who sang in many international houses.
photo (c) Royal Opera House
Originally from Celle in Germany, he graduated from Juilliard and was a member of the Berlin Staatsoper through the 1990s.
He sang the title part in Parsifal in Bayreuth in 2004 and Tannhäuser the following year at La Scala.
He worked often and recorded with Nikolaus Hanoncourt and was a regular at Covent Garden.
TRIBUTE: Amazing laugh was his best opus.
Sorry to hear.
He hit the headlines a few years ago when he spoke openly about the dark sides of an opera singer’s existence.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/19/germany.classicalmusic
That was quite an indictment of the industry. And so true. Good for him for speaking out. More people should read the article and then keep it in mind.
Wow. So so sorry to learn of his untimely passing. May he rest in peace. His was a name that came up often in operaworld. Hard to believe he is no longer around.
Berg, Wozzeck,
Barenboim/Meier/Wottrich/Clark/Baker/Grundheber/Kannen,
1994, DVD, Berlin, Teldec
Berg, Wozzeck,
Gatti/Herlitzius/Miller-Ma/Ablinger-Sperrhacke/Wottrich/Nigl/Marquardt,
2008, live in Milan, Premiere Opera
Braunfels, Vögel, Die,
Zagrosek/Kwon/Posselt/Wottrich/Goerne/Holzmair/Kraus-M,
1994, Decca
Cornelius, Cid, Der,
Kuhn/Ottenthal/Wottrich/Schunk/Dohmen/Johansen,
1993, Koch Schwann
Gurlitt, Wozzeck,
Albrecht/Lindsley/Wottrich/Wörle/Scharinger/Hermann,
1993, Crystal
Korngold, Ring des Polykrates, Der,
Seibel/Bilandzija/Blanck/Wottrich/Sacher/Henschel,
1995, cpo
Marschner, Hans Heiling,
Thielemann/Barainsky/Marc/Wiedstruck/Wottrich/Schöne,
2001, live in Berlin, May 15, Premiere Opera, CD 8172-2
Schubert, Alfonso und Estrella,
Harnoncourt/Orgonášová/Wottrich/Hampson/Bär/Muff,
1997, DVD, Vienna, Naxos
Schumann, Szenen aus Goethes Faust,
Abbado/Mattila/Bonney/Vermillion/Wottrich/Terfel/Rootering/Peeters,
1994, live in Berlin, Sony
Wagner, Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die,
Barenboim/Fleming/Wottrich/Seiffert/Schmidt-A/Holl/Halfvarson,
1996, live at Bayreuth, Celestial Audio
Wagner, Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Die,
Barenboim/Magee/Wottrich/Seiffert/Schmidt-A/Holl/Hölle,
1999, DVD, Bayreuth, EuroArts
Wagner, Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Die,
Thielemann/Pieczonka/Watson-Ld/Breedt/Wottrich/Dohmen/Youn-K,
2007, live at Bayreuth, July 28, House of Opera
Wagner, Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Die,
Thielemann/Westbroek/Watson-Ld/Dike/Wottrich/Dohmen/Youn-K,
2008, live at Bayreuth, Aug 9, Opus Arte
Wagner, Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Die,
Thielemann/Westbroek/Watson-Ld/Breedt/Wottrich/Dohmen/Youn-K,
2009, live at Bayreuth, July 28, Premiere Opera
Wagner, Walküre (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Die,
Ettinger/Wessels/Németh/Prochnik/Wottrich/Jesatko/Hemm,
2013, DVD, Mannheim, Arthaus
Weber, Freischütz, Der,
Harnoncourt/Schäfer/Orgonášová/Wottrich/Salminen,
1995, live in Berlin, Teldec*
*this is better than Kleiber’s
A distinguished and impressive discography. Thank you for sharing. A most unfortunate event.
Such a pity his Parsifal under Boulez in the first infamous Schlingensief production was never captured on DVD
I’m really sorry to hear this sad news. Endrik is a very fine Wagner tenor, his Walküre is IMHO better than Jona Kaufmann’s. And last but not least, he was the best ex of Katharina Wagner.
Unbelievable. A real shock.