Background
Windgassen, Wolfgang Friedrich Hermann was born on June 26, 1914 in Annemasse, Haute Savoie, Germany. Son of Fritz and Vally (von der Osten) Windgassen.
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Wolfgang Friedrich Hermann Windgassen
Edit ProfileEducation
Educated Württemberg Academy Music, Stuttgart, 1934-1937.
Career
Deceased July 1961); children—Peter, Verena. Married second, Lore Wissmann, December 29, 1961. Appeared Municipal; Theatre, Pforzheim, 1939-1944, State Opera Stuttgart, 1945, Festival Performance, Bayreuth, 1951, State Opera Vienna.
1953; performances with oepra houses in Milan, Rome, Naples, Venice, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, London, New York City, Lisbon, Barcelona, Zürich, Budapest, otehrs. President Association German Theatres.
Membership
Served with German Army, 1937-1939. Named Court Singer in Württemberg, 1951, Austrian Court Singer, 1964.
Connections
Married Charlotte Schweikher, November 20, 1939.; married second, Lore Wissmann, December 29, 1961. Children: Peter, Verena.
