Max Lorenz

German operatic tenor (1901–1975)

Person human Q64986

Facts

25 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[21]
Date of birth: May 10, 1901, May 17, 1901^[6]
Date of death: January 11, 1975
Place of birth: Düsseldorf
Place of death: Salzburg
Country of citizenship: Germany^[9]
Occupation: opera singer
Employer: Mozarteum University Salzburg, The Metropolitan Opera, Berlin State Opera, Vienna State Opera company^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]
Award received: Royal Order of Vasa, Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class^[18]^[19]^[20]
Spouse: Lotte Lorenz^[8]
Student of: Ernst Grenzebach, Estelle Liebling^[25]^[26]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German^[28]
Birth name: Max Sülzenfuß^[29]
Documentation files at: SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
Fach vocal classification: Heldentenor^[31]
Family name: Lorenz^[23]
Given name: Max^[24]
Instrument: voice^[27]
Name in native language: Max Lorenz^[30]
Native language: German^[10]
P14536: 438037
Place of burial: Vienna Central Cemetery^[7]
Student: Spyros Sakkas, James King, Roberta Knie^[15]^[16]^[17]

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Voice type: Heldentenor^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Max Lorenz ar ماكس لورينز cs Max Sülzenfuß de Max Sülzenfuß de Sülzenfuß fr Max Sülzenfuß ja マックス・ロレンツ pl Max Sülzenfuß ru Макс Лоренц zh 马克斯·洛伦茨

🔖 Identifiers · 68

ISNI: 0000000109554331
VIAF cluster ID: 12491968
Library of Congress authority ID: n82162713
GND ID: 118574345
Image (Wikimedia Commons): BASA-359K-1-189-2-Bayreuth, August 1941 Max Lorenz (crop).jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID: p645906
AllMusic artist ID: mn0002182972
BIBSYS ID: 3092858
BMLO ID: l0744
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13896791b
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: lorenz-max
CANTIC ID: 981061283434706706

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CONOR.SI ID: 190272867
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11656032
DBC author ID: 87097991410087
DDB person (GND) ID: 118574345
De Agostini ID: Lorenz,+Max
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118574345
Dezède person ID: 27105
Discogs artist ID: 868275
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: max-lorenz
FAST ID: 103169
FID performing arts ID: agent/gnd_118574345
Filmportal ID: 5047e56aabf848b18da01dd44da20ca0
Find a Grave memorial ID: 18526142
Freebase ID: /m/0b7y7y
GTAA ID: 261918
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 13042
Grove Music Online ID: 16990
Harper's tag: max-lorenz
IMDb ID: nm2007420
IdRef ID: 193814609
KBR person ID: 19573062
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118574345
Kallías ID: PE00170682
Kinobox person ID: 1383732
MMB ID: 96278
Munzinger person ID: 00000004049
MusicBrainz artist ID: e089b2bb-07a4-4f7d-bbfa-ce64bea2d671
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000241873
NL CR AUT ID: xx0182812
NLP ID: a0000002541615
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000265440
NSK ID: 981005778237209366
NUKAT ID: n2006099151
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007456661405171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000171898
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:M5a;=BJ
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810667264605606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 07302922X
Obálky knih ID: xx0182812
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100115124
RERO ID (legacy): A012360515
RILM ID: 13891
RISM ID: people/125439
SBN author ID: IEIV030028
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 225405
SNAC ARK ID: w6902g96
SPAP ID: a/28ada757-dc4a-4a22-97da-55c180ab4d73
Salzburgwiki ID: 79644
Swedish National Library Arken ID: Lorenz,-Max
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 5567
Treccani ID: max-lorenz
Vienna History Wiki ID: 18583
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJx4k9hjdpqGJPqvhCt9Xd
Yale LUX ID: person/c2cda44b-4d9d-48d2-b393-23e544425937
Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online ID: L/Lorenz_Max
ČSFD person ID: 589999

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🔗 Connections

Employer 2

The Metropolitan Opera, Mozarteum University Salzburg

Award received 1

Royal Order of Vasa

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Fach vocal classification 1

Heldentenor

Given name 1

Max

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

voice

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

German

Mb:member of band 1

Berlin Staatskapelle

Native language 1

German

Occupation 1

opera singer

Place of birth 1

Düsseldorf

Place of burial 1

Vienna Central Cemetery

Place of death 1

Salzburg

Sex or gender 1

male

Student 1

James King

Students 1

James King

Voice type 1

Heldentenor

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Summary

Max Lorenz was born on May 10, 1901^[1], in Düsseldorf^[2]. He died on January 11, 1975^[3], in Salzburg^[4]. He worked as an opera singer^[5].

FAQs

Where was Max Lorenz born?

Max Lorenz's place of birth was Düsseldorf^[2].

Where did Max Lorenz die?

Max Lorenz died in Salzburg^[4].

Who was Max Lorenz married to?

Max Lorenz's spouses include Lotte Lorenz^[8].

What did Max Lorenz do for work?

Max Lorenz worked as an opera singer^[5].

What awards did Max Lorenz receive?

Honors received include Royal Order of Vasa^[18], Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[19], and Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class^[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Max Lorenz — place of birth (P19): Düsseldorf. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-10. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Max Lorenz — place of death (P20): Salzburg. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-30. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Max Lorenz — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Max Lorenz — spouse (P26): Lotte Lorenz. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Max Lorenz — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Max Lorenz — native language (P103): German. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Max Lorenz — occupation (P106): opera singer. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Max Lorenz — employer (P108): Mozarteum University Salzburg. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Max Lorenz — employer (P108): The Metropolitan Opera. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Max Lorenz — employer (P108): Berlin State Opera. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Max Lorenz — employer (P108): Vienna State Opera company. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Max Lorenz — place of burial (P119): Vienna Central Cemetery. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Max Lorenz — award received (P166): Royal Order of Vasa. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Max Lorenz — award received (P166): Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Max Lorenz — award received (P166): Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Max Lorenz — voice type (P412): Heldentenor. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Max Lorenz — date of birth (P569): May 10, 1901. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Max Lorenz — date of birth (P569): May 17, 1901. IMDb. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Max Lorenz — date of death (P570): January 11, 1975. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-09. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Max Lorenz — family name (P734): Lorenz. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Max Lorenz — given name (P735): Max. International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved 2015-07-21. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Max Lorenz — student (P802): Spiros Sakkas. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Max Lorenz — student (P802): James King. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Max Lorenz — student (P802): Roberta Knie. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Max Lorenz — student of (P1066): Ernst Grenzebach. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Max Lorenz — student of (P1066): Estelle Liebling. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Max Lorenz — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Max Lorenz — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Max Lorenz — birth name (P1477): Max Sülzenfuß. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Max Lorenz — name in native language (P1559): Max Lorenz. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Max Lorenz — Fach vocal classification (P1731): Heldentenor. wikidata.org.

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10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Harper's tag → max-lorenz

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