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Michael Kunze (born 9 November 1943) is a German lyricist, book writer and librettist. Events 694 - Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims sentencing all Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Life and work

Born in Prague, Kunze grew up in Munich. Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. While studying law in the mid-1960s, he began writing song lyrics. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stars such as Sofia Rotaru, Udo Jürgens, Nana Mouskouri, Peter Alexander, Jürgen Drews, Münchener Freiheit and Holger Biege had some of their greatest hits with his songs. Sofia Rotaru (full name Sofia Mihailovna Rotaru-Evdokimenko; Sofia Rotaru Софiя Ротару is a Russian Ukrainian, Moldovan and Udo Jürgens (born 30 September 1934 as Udo Jürgen Bockelmann) is an Austrian composer and singer of popular music whose career spans over fifty years Nana Mouskouri (in Greek Nάνα Μούσχουρη) born as Ioanna Mouskhouri on October 13 1934, in Chania, Crete, Peter Alexander (born Peter Alexander Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer on June 30, 1926 in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian singer and Münchener Freiheit (known sometimes simply as Freiheit) is a German pop band that as of 2007 had released 17 albums six of which have gone gold and sold

Kunze also had international success with Silver Convention, Julio Iglesias, Herbie Mann, Gilbert Bécaud, Lulu and Sister Sledge, among others; for these purposes he sometimes used the pseudonym "Stephan Prager" (composed of the name of his son, Stephan, and his birth city, Prague). Silver Convention was a German Disco recording act of the 1970s Julio Iglesias (born September 23 1943 in Madrid) is a Spanish singer who has sold over 300 million albums in 14 languages and released 77 albums Herbert Jay Solomon ( April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003) better known as Herbie Mann, was an American Jazz Gilbert Bécaud (24 October 1927 &ndash 18 December 2001 was a French Singer, Composer and Actor, known as Monsieur 100000 Volts Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE, (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie on 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire Sister Sledge is an American Musical group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, formed in 1972 and consisting of four Singers who are Silver Convention's hit Fly, Robin, Fly reached number 1 in the US Billboard charts. Silver Convention was a German Disco recording act of the 1970s The Billboard charts are music sales airplay and digital ranking reports distributed to the general public by Billboard magazine

At the height of his success he would occasionally withdraw from the pop scene in order to write books. Straße in Feuer (English: Highroad to the Stake: A Tale of Witchcraft) became a worldwide best-seller, to which the New York Times Book Review Supplement devoted a two-page review.

In the 1980s, Kunze discovered the musical. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Musical theatre is a form of Theatre combining Music, Songs spoken Dialogue and Dance. His successful translations of the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Evita, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard) and above all, of Stephen Sondheim (Company, Follies, Into the Woods), have brought him renown in the field. Andrew Lloyd Webber Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948 is a British Composer of Musical theatre, the elder son of William Lloyd Webber Evita is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the book written by the French novelist Gaston Leroux Aspects of Love is a Chamber opera with a book and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart. Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Company is a musical with a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Likewise he is credited with the German versions of A Chorus Line, Little Shop of Horrors, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, and Elton John's Aida. A Chorus Line is a musical about seventeen Broadway Dancers auditioning for spots on a Chorus line. Little Shop of Horrors is a Rock musical by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a nerdy florist shop worker who raises Kiss of the Spider Woman is a musical with music by John Kander and Fred Ebb, book by Terrence McNally. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris is an 1831 French novel written by Victor Hugo. The Lion King is a 1994 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released in theaters on June 15 1994 This article is about the stage musical For the film see Mamma Mia! The Movie. Sir Elton Hercules John CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947 is an English pop / rock Singer, Composer Aida is a musical drama in two acts based on Giuseppe Verdi 's Italian-language opera by the same name which is based on a story by Auguste Mariette

Since the beginning of the 1990s, Kunze has written several of his own musicals. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In 1990, together with his friend Sylvester Levay, he produced Hexen, Hexen, and in 1992, Elisabeth, which played for more than four years at the Theater an der Wien. Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian: Силвестер Левај Silvester Levaj) is a Hungarian composer Elisabeth is a Viennese German-language musical commissioned by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW with book/lyrics by Michael Kunze and The Theater an der Wien (The Theatre on the Wien River is a Theatre in Vienna. This was followed by Tanz der Vampire (with Roman Polanski, music by Jim Steinman) and Mozart!. Dance of the Vampires (or Tanz der Vampire as the original German language version is named is a musical remake of a 1967 James Richard "Jim" Steinman (born November 1 1947 in New York City New York is an American record producer Composer, and lyricist responsible for several hit songs Mozart! is an Austrian musical. Originally written in German, it is currently performed in Hungarian.

More recent works include a play entitled Lenya (premiered at the Kurt-Weill-Fest in Dessau, 2002); an American opera, Raoul (music: Gershon Kingsley); and the German version of Dracula, The Musical (music: Karel Svoboda), which had its premiere at the Musicaltheater, Basel, on 30 April 2004. Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Gershon Kingsley, (born October 28, 1922) is a contemporary German -born American composer most famous for composing the early electronic pop Karel Svoboda ( 19 December 1938 &ndash 28 January 2007) was a Czech composer of popular music "Basilia" redirects here For the Fly Genus, see Basilia (fly. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

In 2006 two new Michael Kunze musicals opened. Rebecca (music: Sylvester Levay), based on Daphne du Maurier's famous novel, premiered on September 28 at Vienna's Raimund Theater. Rebecca is a German-language musical based on the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian: Силвестер Левај Silvester Levaj) is a Hungarian composer Daphne du Maurier Lady Browning DBE ( 13 May, 1907 – 19 April, 1989) (ˈdæfnɪ du ˈmɒɹieɪ was a British Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. Critics praised it as "a dream of a musical" (Variety magazine) and the audience response made it into an immediate box office success. Rebecca, directed by the distinguished opera director Francesca Zambello, may well become Kunze's biggest hit yet. WikipediaWikiProject_Opera#Infoboxes --> Francesca Zambello (born 1956) is a leading American Opera

On November 2, 2006, Marie Antoinette, his musical dramatizing the events of the French Revolution, opened at Tokyo's prestigious Imperial Theatre. Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Marie Antoinette is a stage musical with music by Sylvester Levay and lyrics by Michael Kunze, the authors of ''Elisabeth'', Mozart! The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The is a Japanese theater located in Marunouchi, Chiyoda Tokyo, operated by Toho. Again Sylvester Levay wrote the music for this highly emotional drama musical. It was directed by Tamiya Kuriyama, chief director of Japan's New National Theatre. Kunze regards Marie Antoinette as his greatest artistic achievement yet. The show will run in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka and, from April through May 2007, once more in Tokyo.

He and his wife, Roswitha, live in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany

Awards

External links

The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Sylvester Levay (originally Lévay Szilveszter, Serbian: Силвестер Левај Silvester Levaj) is a Hungarian composer Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Elisabeth is a Viennese German-language musical commissioned by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (VBW with book/lyrics by Michael Kunze and Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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