Heinz Zednik

Heinz Zednik ( born February 21, 1940 in Vienna) is an Austrian character tenor.

Zednik studied at the Vienna Conservatory, debuted in 1964 in Graz and in 1965 a member of the Vienna State Opera. From 1970, he sang at the Bayreuth Festival, where he was a mime, Loge and David 's successor, Gerhard Stolze, and Gerhard Unger. In the so-called "Century Ring" in 1976 he played under the baton of Pierre Boulez, directed by Patrice Chereau the Loge in Das Rheingold and Siegfried in the mime. From 1980 he worked at the Salzburg Festival, where he was engaged Herbert von Karajan as in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff Bardolfo. Under his leadership he sang later in the Valzacchi Rosenkavalier, under the direction of Claudio Abbado the writer in Khovanshchina, under the direction of James Levine to Monostatos in Die Zauberflöte under the baton of Lorin Maazel's the director in Un ré in ascolto.

In the song, singing, Heinz Zednik devotes an unusual repertoire. For example, Ernst Krenek's song cycle travel journal from the Austrian Alps, and the Krämerspiegel of Richard Strauss or specially composed for him Verdigris songs by Franz Thürauer. In addition, Zednik is one of the leading interpreters of classical Viennese song.

Heinz Zednik is regarded by many because of his natural talent for comedy, farce and irony, and his high, very flexible voice and his small, narrow shape as the ideal candidate for his signature roles.

• Opera singer
• Tenor
• Austrian
• Wienerlied
• Born in 1940
• Man