Josef Greindl (1912-1993) was a German bass, one of the great Wagner and Mozart singers of the post-war period. He sang at Bayreuth and the major German-speaking opera houses.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears extensively in Mozart and Wagner, including Die Zauberflöte, the Ring and Bayreuth recordings.

Greindl’s singing combined black bass depth, authority and a strong theatrical profile. He could make grandeur sound dangerous rather than merely imposing.

His page is essential. Greindl gives the German opera shelf a bass voice carved from night stone.