Herbert Prikopa
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[]
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 "" 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 "". In the 1998/1999 to 2007/2008 seasons, Prikopa was musical director and conductor of the Johann Strauss Concert Gala in Vienna.[1]
He was the presenter of the children's television programme on the ORF in the 1980s. Here he appeared as Herbert Happi Prikopa.
On 21 March 2005, Prikopa received the professor.[2]
He died in Vienna on 8 December 2015 at age 80.[3]
Filmography[]
- 1957:
- 1957: Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress
- 1960: My Niece Doesn't Do That
- 1962: No Kissing Under Water (also co-storyboard)
- 1963: Kaiser Joseph und die Bahnwärterstochter (director: Axel Corti)
- 1963: Our Crazy Aunts in the South Seas
- 1964:
- 1969–1970: (television series)
- 1972–1976: Die Abenteuer des braven Soldaten Schwejk (TV serial)
- 1974: Das Land des Lächelns
- 1975: Der Kommissar: Das Goldene Pflaster (television series)
- 1977: Der Alte: Die Dienstreise (television series)
- 1978: The Tailor from Ulm
- 1978: Tatort – (TV serials)
- 1981: Wie Böhmen noch bei Österreich war (director: Franz Josef Gottlieb)
- 1985: Der Leihopa (ORF - television series with )
- 1992: Kaisermühlen Blues
- 1994: Mesmer
- 1999: Eine fast perfekte Hochzeit[4] (director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky)
- 2001: Julia – Eine ungewöhnliche Frau (sequel Das Ende des Weges)
- 2007: Oben ohne (TV serial, director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky)
Radio plays[]
- 1984: Otto Brusatti: Die letzten Stunden der Menschheit – director: Otto Brusatti (ORF/WDR)
Dissography (partial)[]
- Gräfin Mariza, (Emmerich Kálmán)
- Die lustige Witwe, (Franz Lehár)
- Le Grand Macabre, (György Ligeti)
Some compositions[]
- Classic Piano. 28 Kompositionen für Klavier
- Visit to Chimera
- Chimera
- The Pillars of the world
- Thinking Positively
Works[]
- 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[]
References[]
- ^ Johann Strauss Concert Gala in Vienna
- ^ "Ein Professorentitel nach "Auch Spaß muss sein"". Retrieved 16 April 2019.
- ^ knerger.de: Das Grab von Herbert ”Happi“ Prikopa
- ^ Eine fast perfekte Hochzeit
External links[]
- Literature by and about Herbert Prikopa in the German National Library catalogue
- Prikopa Herbert on Operissimo
- Herbert Prikopa Homepage
- Herbert Prikopa at IMDb
- Herbert Prikopa discography at Discogs
- 1935 births
- 2015 deaths
- Musicians from Vienna
- Austrian cabaret performers
- Austrian male film actors
- Austrian stage actors
- Austrian screenwriters
- Austrian television presenters
- Austrian conductors (music)
- Austrian pianists
- Austrian operatic tenors
- Austrian composers
- Austrian non-fiction writers