Born: September 29, 1916 - Mainz, Germany
Died: October 8, 1975 - Stuttgart, Germany

The German tenor, Josef Traxel, studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Darmstadt.

Josef Traxel made his operatic debut as Don Ottavio in Mainz in 1942. In 1946 he joined the Nuremberg Opera. From 1952 he was a member of the Württemberg State Theater in Stuttgart. Later he taught at the Hochschule für Musik there. He also sang in Salzburg, Bayreuth, Berlin, Vienna, and Munich. He toured North America as well. His operatic repertoire ranged from Mozart to Wagner. He was also a concert singer.

Source: Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of 20^th Century Classical Musicians (1997)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2001)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Karl Forster

Tenor

BWV 211, BWV 245

Kurt Thomas

Tenor

BWV 248

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