Death on vacation of Austrian tenor
mainThe death has been reported of Kurt Azesberger, 60, a tenor with a high reputation in Bach and Mozart. He suffered heart failure while on holiday in the Dolomites.
A graduate of the same Linz school year as Franz Welser-Möst, he taught masterclasses at the Bruckner University and was in great demand for church oratorios.
That’s so sad.
I crossed paths with him on one occasion 25 years ago. He had a warm voice, was an overall very skilled and flexible musician, and was a genuinely nice person.
His recorded legacy includes Monostatos in Abbado’s Magic Flute from 2005.
He was a very good Klaus-Narr (Gurre-Lieder) too … with Jansons if I‘m not wrong. And a superb Evangelist!
RIP