The Ludwig and Bruckner composer has died
RIPThe Bavarian composer Franz Hummel, who has died at 83, had his moment of fame with a Wagnerian musical titled “Ludwig II – Longing for Paradise”. Premiered in 2000 within sight of the mad king’s castle, it was revived with considerable success in 2019.
Among 19 operas, Hummel wrote one called Zarathustra and another on the life and murders of Gesualdo. He was working on an opera on the life of Anton Bruckner when mortality intervened.
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