Anton Arnold

Anton Arnold (31 January 1880 – 13 July 1954) was an Austrian operatic tenor of Danube Swabians origin.

In return for his concert tours in the USA after the First World War, he provided the charity of the Viennese Swabian Society with 16 million Kronen[1] for children in need.

[2] After the end of the war Arnold owned and directed the German-language theatre in Timișoara for a short time.

In 1919 Arnold created the figure of the Hunchback in the world premiere of Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten.

[3] In 1938 he appeared at the Salzburg Festival as Balthasar Zorn in the 1938 performance of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" under Wilhelm Furtwängler.