Think Wagner, sing Verdi

Franz Mazura in conversation with Opernwelt

Franz Mazura as Klingsor

You started studying singing relatively late, at 25 ...

(interrupts) I've never thought in terms of age, not in my entire life.

You can certainly say that with regard to your high age career. There is a reason for your late start as a singer.

Yes, the war. I studied mechanical engineering and was drafted in 1942, after which I was a…