Hans Duhan

Hans Duhan
1890-1971
Austrian Baritone

Studied in Vienna with Gottinger and Emil Steger, I n April 1914 he made his debut as Amonasro in “ Aida” by Verdi at the Vienna Court Opera. Remained at Vienna Court opera until 1940, as a baritone, later as a director and occasionally as a conductor. He sang in three major premieres : In 1916, he sang the role of the music teacher and Harlequin in the new version of “Ariadne auf Naxos “ by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss. He accompanied the Vienna State Opera on numerous tours to London, Paris, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Rome, Budapest in the 1920’s and 1930’s he was a popular figure at the Salzburg Music Festival . From 1932-1955 he worked as a teacher of the opera class at the Vienna Academy of Music.Roles included Don Giovanni, as well as the Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. Pasha Selim in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, Don Fernando in Beethoven's Fidelio and Frank in Fledermaus by Johann Strauss