Kurt Marschner

Kurt Marschner (27 April 1913 – 25 September 1984) was a German operatic tenor and actor.

Born in Krásná Lípa, Marschner trained as a singer at the Dresden Conservatory.

In 1949 Marschner joined the Hamburg State Opera where he remained a member of the ensemble for several decades.

In later years Marschner also took over bigger supporting roles such as Balthasar Zorn in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and also leading roles such as Orpheus in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.

[1] In some filmed performances he was the voice dubbed in for the actor (e.g. 1953 in La traviata and 1964 in Die Reise auf den Mond).