Ludwig Hofmann (bass)

[2] Growing up in Frankfurt am Main, he completed his secondary school there and embarked on the study of singing, which he undertook in Milan.

From 1930 to 1938 he had guest roles at leading opera-houses in Europe and overseas (for example at Teatro alla Scala Milan, at Covent Garden Opera in London, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City).

After the Second World War he was able to resume his singing career through guest roles in Berlin, Brussels, London and Vienna.

His final stage appearance was as Wotan (Der Ring des Nibelungen) in Brussels in 1955.

[3] Ludwig Hofmann sang first in 1928 and later uninterruptedly from 1937 to 1942 in the Bayreuth Festivals,[4] where he alternated in roles with Ivar Andrésen (1896–1940) and Josef von Manowarda (1890–1942).