Hans Herbert Fiedler

Hans Herbert Fiedler, born Hans Fiedler on November 10, 1907, in Trieste, was a German opera singer known for his bass roles. He initially studied Germanistics and acting at the University of Graz. Fiedler made his stage debut in 1930 at the Theater Troppau (now Opava), where he performed until 1935. He later joined the Volkstheater Munich and worked as a radio speaker for the Munich station from 1937 to 1940, before studying singing in Munich and later with Moretti in Salzburg. His operatic debut came in 1940 at the Landestheater Salzburg as Papageno in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute. He sang at the Stadttheater Bremen from 1943 to 1953 and also at the Stadttheater Mainz (1943–1955), gradually shifting focus to concert repertoire. Fiedler gained recognition for his role as Moses in the world premiere of Arnold Schönberg’s Moses und Aron on March 12, 1954. He also performed in Hans Werner Henze's Ein Landarzt and Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos. Fiedler ended his singing career in 1965 and became a voice teacher at the Richard-Strauss-Konservatorium in Munich.