Klaus Nomi
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Klaus Nomi was a counter tenor and baryton singer who sang both opera and rock’n’roll. He was a great singer and a funny guy but he’s remembered mostly because he died. He was the first celebrity who died of AIDS . A short biography: Klaus Nomi was born in Germany in 1944. His real name was Klaus Sperber. In his youth he worked as an usher at the Deutsche Opera in Berlin and would imitate such singers as Maria Callas. He didn’t get to the Deutsche Opera as a singer, so he got depressed and went to New York. There he first had a job as a pastry chef at the World Trade Center and later formed a freelance baking company, but sang in rock clubs too. For a while, he was most famous for his fabulous cakes and tortes. Then he met David Bowie, who asked him and Joey Arias to sing with him on Saturday Night Live. Nomi and Arias sang back-up vocals on Bowie’s songs “The Man Who Sold the World”, “TVC15” and “Boys Keep Swinging”. After that, Nomi got a lot of gigs. He started making records in the early eighties, but sadly, died of AIDS in New York, on August 6, 1983.
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Just recently (re)discovered Klaus Nomi. What a brilliant, imaginative talent. Has anyone seen Robert Wilson’s excellent musical version of Büchner’s Leonce & Lena at the Berliner Ensemble? IMHO it was quite a bit inspired by Nomi’s style.
I haven’t seen it, but I admire your (excellent) taste in music. ;)