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- Birth nameHermann Marcel Wittrisch
- Marcel Wittrisch was born on October 1, 1901 in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Once There Was a Waltz (1932), The Song Is Ended (1930) and Liebeskommando (1931). He died on June 2, 1955 in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Operatic tenor who performed at Berlin opera houses from 1929 to 1944 and also appeared in several films of the 1930's.
- His career began in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt in 1925 in a production of Hans Heiling by Marschner at the Halle Opera House. He then went to Brunswick and on to Berlin, where he sang opera from 1929 to 1944.
- He had his greatest successes at the German Staatsoper in Berlin.
- Wittrisch's singing in its prime period during the 1930s was characterised by a fresh, gleaming tone and easy top notes.
- Wittrisch made over 400 individual recordings. Preiser Records released a selection of them entitled Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marcel Wittrisch (717281890243) on CD in 1990, followed by Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marcel Wittrisch Vol 2 (717281895910) in 2004.
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