Franz Theo Reuter
also Theo Reuter, Franz Theo Musil
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Franz Theo Reuter, born Franz Theo Musil, was an Austrian bass-baritone who studied musicology in Vienna under Guido Adler and Egon Wellesz before training as a singer with Theo Lierhammer and the composer Franz Schmidt. He held engagements at Augsburg, Munich and Trier through the 1920s, then returned to Vienna as Lierhammer's assistant, before joining the Munich State Opera ensemble in 1933, where he created the Preacher in the premiere of Strauss's Friedenstag in 1938 and a role in the premiere of Carl Orff's Der Mond the following year. From 1946 he also taught at the Munich Music Academy.
Creations
- Prälat — Friedenstag
Written from
- Österreichisches Musiklexikon Online (n.d.) Reuter, Franz Theo. (Accessed: August 2026).
- Operissimo (n.d.) Franz Theo Reuter. (Accessed: August 2026). Dates the creation to 14 July 1938, against the work's own 24 July; the year and creation aren't in doubt, only the day, which isn't carried into the record.