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Theatre had found "the long-sought serious deep bass." The "impressive firmness of tone", his "immensely secure, precise pronunciation" as well as the "euphony" of the bass and also of his voice "in the middle and high register" were emphasised. The first bass Wachter
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Leipzig shop, as he was to take up a commercial profession. After the death of the shop owner and the dissolution of the company, the aspiring merchant reoriented himself professionally.
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