12 Facts About Heinz Imdahl

Heinz Imdahl then studied singing privately for seven years with the well-known singing teacher and Kammersanger Berthold Putz in Krefeld.

Heinz Imdahl made his stage debut in 1948 at the Opernhaus Dusseldorf as Sergeant Morales in Bizet's Carmen, directed by Gustaf Grundgens.

Heinz Imdahl was engaged at the Dusseldorf Opera until 1951 and again from 1955 to 1962, then the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.

Heinz Imdahl was a member of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich from 1959 to 1988, where he was awarded the title Kammersanger.

Heinz Imdahl had a guest contract with the Staatstheater Nurnberg from 1958 to 1970.

Heinz Imdahl had a guest contract with the Zurich Opera House, where he appeared in 1955 as Amonasro in Verdi's Aida, later as Count Luna in Il trovatore, Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio and Scarpia in Tosca.

Heinz Imdahl performed the roles of Pizarro in 1970, the Speaker in Mozart's Die Zauberflote, and the music teacher in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.

Heinz Imdahl appeared in Vienna as Telramund in Lohengrin from 1966, Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde from 1964, Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg from 1964, Wotan in Die Walkure in 1969 and Amfortas in Parsifal in 1968.

Heinz Imdahl gave guest performances in Europe at La Monnaie in Brussels, the Lausanne Opera, the Opera National de Lyon, and The Royal Opera House in 1972, as the music teacher in a production of the Bavarian State Opera.

Heinz Imdahl performed overseas at the Rio de Janeiro Opera in 1954 and at the Philadelphia Opera in 1970 as Hans Sachs, among others.

Heinz Imdahl died in Munich on 21 March 2012 at the age of 87 and was buried in Ubersee.

Heinz Imdahl recorded two complete operas: a radio recording of Wagner's Das Liebesverbot, made in 1963 by the ORF, in the role of the governor Friedrich, and a studio recording of Lohengrin from August 1968, under the musical direction of Hans Swarowsky, with Heinz Imdahl as Telramund.