Rudolf Schock
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Rudolf Johann Schock (4 September 1915 – 13 November 1986) was a German tenor.
Rudolf Schock was born in Duisburg, in the Prussian Rhine Province. He sang a wide repertoire from operetta to Lohengrin, recording among others opera and lieder, doing television, radio and film work. Slim and handsome, he made many films.
His voice fell almost into the heldentenor fach but was smaller and more ardent than many voices in that category. Colored distinctly with a rich baritonal quality, Schock is described by Grove as a "lyric tenor" with a warm flexible voice, and a "strong top voice" which suited him to "heroic roles". However the same source feels that his acting left something to be desired.
When he was 18 and still continuing his musical studies that took him to Cologne, Hanover and Berlin, Schock joined the opera chorus at Theater Duisburg in the city of his birth. The Staatstheater Braunschweig cast Schock in solo roles in 1937, but his career was interrupted by his being enlisted into the army in 1940. It resumed after the war in 1945 in Hanover. In 1946, he appeared with two of the Berlin-based opera companies and in 1947 he joined the Hamburg State Opera where he was a member until 1956.
He was one of the first Germans to sing at Covent Garden in 1949. Appearing as Rodolfo, Alfredo, Pinkerton and Tamino in his first season. He sang the title role at Idomeneo at the Salzburg Festival and took part in the premiere there of Rolf Liebermann's, Penelope and the Vienna State Opera's first staging of Lulu. Schock made repeat visits to the Edinburgh International Festival and sang Walther at Bayreuth in 1959.
In 1953 he played and sang the role of Richard Tauber in the film Du bist die Welt für mich (released in English-speaking countries as either You Are the World for Me or The Richard Tauber Story). He was often compared to the older tenor and was spoken of as his successor. He was also considered the most successful German film singer of his generation.
He sold over three million records and his German films made him almost a superstar of his day. Schock's most impressive performances include the roles of Paul in Die Tote Stadt (Korngold), and multiple Puccini principals.
Schock was also interested in the development of younger singers by judging vocal competitions. After discovering Karl Ridderbusch at one of these, Schock part-funded the bass's musical training.
Rudolf Schock continued making concert appearances into his sixties. Aged 71, he died suddenly of a heart attack in Gürzenich a district of the town of Düren where he had made his home.
- Capri Fischer - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Ramona - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Frei wie der Wind - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Die Strassen von Hamburg - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Sing das Lied Halleluja - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Am Tag als der Regen kam - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Ich hab im Herzen einen Regenbogen - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Auf meiner Ranch bin ich König - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Nur mit dir - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Du küsst gar nicht so gut - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Wohin ist das alles, wohin - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- In der Nacht ist der Mensch nicht gern alleine - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Ein echter 50er - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Und die Sonne berührt die Haut - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Addio Donna Grazia - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Mein Liebestraum - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Florentinische Nächte - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Das machen nur die Beine von Dolores - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Der Mann am Klavier - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Wer soll das bezahlen - Deutsche Schlager, Vol. 5 - Rudolf Schock
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96: Overture - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Die Walküre, WWV 86b, Act 3: Leb Wohl, du hunhes, herrliches Kind! - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Der Fliegende Holländer, WWV 63, Act 2: Versank ich jetzt in wunderbares Träumen? - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, WWV 96, Act 3: Selig wie die Sonne - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 1. Der Engel - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 2. Stenhe Still - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 3. Im Treibhaus - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 4. Schmerzen - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91: 5. Träume - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
- Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 - The Essence of Wagner - Rudolf Schock
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