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Hans Duhan

1890Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026).–1971Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026). · Austrian · baritoneSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026).

Birthplace: ViennaSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026).

Hans Duhan was an Austrian baritoneSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026). remembered principally as the first singer to record Schubert's Winterreise and Die schöne Müllerin completeSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026).. Trained in piano, organ and singing at the Vienna AcademySteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793., he made his stage debut at Troppau and joined the Vienna State Opera in 1914Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026)., where his career, largely confined to Vienna and Salzburg, ran until 1940Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026).. At the 1916 premiere of the revised Ariadne auf Naxos he doubled as the Music Master and HarlequinSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026).. He was especially admired in Mozart and Lortzing, but overusing his light baritone in works such as Die Meistersinger led to vocal difficulties, and he turned to lieder and teaching, numbering the baritone Hermann Uhde among his pupilsSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.. In later years he also worked as a stage director, conductor and composerSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Duhan, Hans', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 1271.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Duhan, Hans', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 793.Wikipedia (2026) Hans Duhan. (Accessed: August 2026)..

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