Bayreuth mourns a German tenor

Bayreuth mourns a German tenor

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norman lebrecht

April 18, 2017

Manfred Jung died in Essen on April 14 at the age of 76.

Hired by Hervert von Karajan for the 1975 Salzburg Easter Festival, he sang Siegfried in Götterdämmerung in Bayreuth’s centennial Ring, and went on to appear on many world stages.

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