Stille nacht rudolf schock biography
The German tenor Rudolf Schock (–) was born in Duisberg and studied singing in Cologne and Hanover....
Schock was born into a bitterly poor family, and that his father died early didn't ease the situation.
Rudolf Johann Schock (4 September – 13 November ) was a German tenor.
He had no shoes until about 14 years old. He trained as a hairdresser; singing was his sparetime passion.
That his mother worked at the Duisburg theater as a wardrobe lady made it possible that Schock, at age 19, was accepted into the opera choir.
Only now, he took voice lessons (with Laurenz Hofer, among others). In 1936, he got to sing his first solo parts in Duisburg, and was accepted into the Bayreuth Festival choir. The following year, he got a solo contract in Brauns