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Herbert Prikopa

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Herbert "Happi" Prikopa (30 November 1935 – 8 December 2015) was an Austrian television presenter, conductor, operatic tenor, actor, composer, writer, pianist and cabaret artist.

Life and career

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Born in Vienna, in 1935, at the age of 19, Prikopa became the youngest répétiteur at the Wiener Volksoper. After a singing engagement at the Wiener Kammeroper he became a member of Gerhard Bronner's "Namenloses Ensemble [de]" in the cabaret programm Brettl vorm Klavier. In 1957 a soloist contract was signed at the Volksoper instead of the répétiteur contract. From 1988 to 2009 Prikopa belonged to the radio cabaret team "The Guglhupf [de]". In the 1998/1999 to 2007/2008 seasons, Prikopa was musical director and conductor of the Johann Strauss Concert Gala in Vienna.[1]

Grave in the Viennese central cemetery

He was the presenter of the children's television programme Auch Spaß muss sein [de] on the ORF in the 1980s. Here he appeared as Herbert Happi Prikopa.

On 21 March 2005, Prikopa received the Berufstitel [de] professor.[2]

He died in Vienna on 8 December 2015 at age 80.[3]

Filmography

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Radio plays

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  • 1984: Otto Brusatti: Die letzten Stunden der Menschheit – director: Otto Brusatti (ORF/WDR)

Dissography (partial)

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Some compositions

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  • Classic Piano. 28 Kompositionen für Klavier
  • Visit to Chimera
  • Chimera
  • The Pillars of the world
  • Thinking Positively
  • Schrammel-Messe [de]

Works

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  • 1994: Erich Kunz – Biographie des Sängers, together with Cornelia Szabó-Knotik, Löcker–Verlag Wien, ISBN 978-3854092391
  • 1998: 100 Jahre Volksoper – Die Geschichte eines notwendigen Theaters, Iberia-Verlag Vienna, ISBN 978-3-900436-67-4
  • 2003: Strauß-Führer durch Europa und die umliegenden Ortschaften, Iberia-Verlag Vienna, ISBN 978-3-85052-124-6

Awards

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References

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