Franz Anton Spitzeder
Franz Anton Spitzeder (1735–1796) was a German tenor and keyboard teacher.
Spitzeder was born in Traunstein and educated in Salzburg, where in 1759 he found employment as a court singer. He sang the part of Der Christgeist (The Christian Spirit) in the premiere of Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots and created the role of Don Polidoro in La finta semplice. He died near Aigen.
References
- Eisen, Cliff (ed.) New Mozart documents: a supplement to O.E. Deutsch's documentary biography, Stanford University Press, 1991, p. 1. ISBN 0-8047-1955-1
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/21/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.