Josef Metternich (2 June 1915, in Cologne – 21 February 2005, in Feldafing) was a German operatic baritone. Metternich also appeared at the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan, and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, in La forza del destino, in 1953. He joined the Munich State Opera in 1954, where he created the role of Johannes Kepler in Hindemith's Die Harmonie der Welt (1957). Metternich was a powerful singer and charismatic performer. He retired in 1971 after performing for more than three decades. Sources Grove Music Online, Noël Goodwin, May 2008. External links Obituary from Deutsche Presse-Agentur Biography from Cantabile-Subito.de 1915 births 2005 deaths Musicians from Cologne 20th-century German male opera singers German operatic baritones