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One of the most distinguished <a href="spotify:artist:5aIqB5nVVvmFsvSdExz408">Bach</a> tenors of the twentieth century, Kurt Equiluz began his singing career as soloist with the Vienna Boys Choir. After studies in music theory, harp, and singing at the Austrian State Academy for Music and Art in Vienna, he won several major competitions, including the International Singing Competition in England (1947-1948) and the Vienna Mozart Competition (1949). He joined the <a href="spotify:artist:7dG0oG7NmmndPNaORvzwj9">Vienna State Opera Chorus</a> in 1950 and went on to distinguish himself in 69 different roles, including Pedrillo in <a href="spotify:artist:4NJhFmfw43RLBLjQvxDuRS">Mozart</a>'s Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Don Curzio in <a href="spotify:artist:4NJhFmfw43RLBLjQvxDuRS">Mozart</a>'s Le nozze di Figaro, Scaramuccio in <a href="spotify:artist:6pAwHPeExeUbMd5w7Iny6D">Strauss</a>' Ariadne auf Naxos, Balthasar Zorn in the <a href="spotify:artist:1C1x4MVkql8AiABuTw6DgE">Wagner</a>'s Die Meistersinger, Spoletta in <a href="spotify:artist:0OzxPXyowUEQ532c9AmHUR">Puccini</a>'s Tosca, Kaiser Altoum in <a href="spotify:artist:0OzxPXyowUEQ532c9AmHUR">Puccini</a>'s Turandot, Monostatos in <a href="spotify:artist:4NJhFmfw43RLBLjQvxDuRS">Mozart</a>'s Die Zauberflöte, and Rossillon in <a href="spotify:artist:3O3SOoPYtUSjajTdIag0nT">Léhar</a>'s Lustigen Witwe. In 1987, he gave his final performance on the opera stage in <a href="spotify:artist:7vfydQ0nVBVgJ0ajs8EtRM">Gluck</a>'s Iphigénie en Aulide. With a vocal style best suited to oratorio and lieder, his reputation largely rests on his performances in the complete cycle of <a href="spotify:artist:5aIqB5nVVvmFsvSdExz408">Bach</a> cantatas and Passions directed by <a href="spotify:artist:0AeOzXbHJu8q2xqILEOLEO">Harnoncourt</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0KmvC3SVTF02l4ueknQCsW">Leonhardt</a>. In 1971, Equiluz was was appointed as professor in Musikhochschule of Graz, and in 1982 as professor at the Wiener Musikakademie. Kurt Equiluz died on June 20, 2022 at the age of 93.
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