Georg Fritz Weiß (5 February 1822 – 14 March 1893) was a German operatic bass, actor as well as translator.
[2] Born in Ehrenfriedersdorf, Weiß received his vocal training during his school years at the Thomasschule zu Leipzig in the Thomanerchor.
At the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden he was to remain an ensemble member as Royal Court Opera Singer[4] and actor throughout the rest of his artistic life.
He translated the "Attic Nights" (Noctes Atticae) of Aulus Gellius, which appeared in 1875/1876 and for which he received the appointment of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Leipzig.
After the translation of The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses) by Apuleius of Madauros, he could only dictate the "Apology" to his wife in the pen, the work appeared posthumously in 1894.