Peter Hofmann obituary

Tenor with a career that straddled the worlds of opera, rock and musical theatrePeter Hofmann, the German tenor whose glamorous career successfully straddled opera, rock, pop and musical theatre, has died at the age of 66. The cause was pneumonia, but he had been suffering for many years from Parkinson's disease and dementia. Having performed as a singer in a rock band in his youth, Hofmann went on to scale the heights of celebrity as a Wagnerian heroic tenor, appearing to immense acclaim a...

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