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"Hans Sotin (born 10 September 1939) is a German operatic bass. He was born in Dortmund and studied at the Dortmund Hochschule für Musik. He made his operatic debut in 1962 in Essen as the Police Commissioner in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier. He joined the Hamburg State Opera in 1964 where he was made a Kammersänger.Sotin biography, bach-cantatas.com; accessed 17 January 2016. He had a long career in which he sang most of the major bass roles in many opera houses, both in Europe and America. He made numerous appearances at the Bayreuth Festival over several decades.http://www.bayreuther- festspiele.de/fsdb/personen/339/index.htm His signature roles were Sarastro and the major Wagnerian noble-bass roles, including King Marke, Gurnemanz, the Landgrave, and Veit Pogner. He occasionally played Baron Ochs, and Hunding. He played Wotan a few times. Sotin made numerous recordings of operatic, sacred, and symphonic works, including the Verdi Requiem, the Rossini Stabat Mater, Beethoven's Choral Symphony, Missa Solemnis and Mass in C, Mahler's Symphony of a Thousand, Mozart's Mass in C minor, Haydn's Paukenmesse, and Creation, Bach's Saint Matthew Passion, and the roles of Sarastro and the Second Armed Man in two recordings of The Magic Flute, King Marke in Tristan und Isolde, King Heinrich der Vogler in Lohengrin, and Don Alfonzo in Cosi fan tutte. He can be seen on video as Sarastro as Gurnemanz, and as the Landgrave. He sang, and recorded, some of the heroic ballads and odes by Carl Loewe. Since 1992, he has been a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Köln. His retirement from the stage was celebrated on 1 June 2012 at the Richard Wagner Festival in Wels."Gala Performance – Stage Farewell of KS Hans Sotin" , wagner-festival- wels.net, 1 June 2012. References External links *Nicolas Slonimsky: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Classical Musicians, New York: Schirmer, 1997. *Short biography and discography on the Städtische Bühnen Münster site *Biography on the Camerata-vocale site *Interview with Hans Sotin, October 25, 1980 *Hans Sotin singing Carl Loewe's ballad "Odin's Meeres-Ritt" on YouTube *The voice of the Almighty *Pogner the Goldsmith in MEISTERSINGER (Wagner) *Osmin from THE ABDUCTION FROM THE SERAGLIO Category:German operatic basses Category:1939 births Category:Living people "
"Castle Peak () is a mountain in the western United States, the highest peak in the White Cloud Mountains of central Idaho. Located in Custer County, it is the 25th highest peak in the state, and the ninth most prominent. Castle Peak is within the Cecil D. Andrus–White Clouds Wilderness, which is part of Sawtooth National Recreation Area in Custer County. The towns of Stanley and Challis are both about away, and Ketchum-Sun Valley area is about from the peak. Castle Peak is managed by the U.S. Forest Service and the area surrounding the peak can be easily accessed. Camping is permitted anywhere is Sawtooth National Forest and the lakes surrounding Castle Peak provide excellent places to stay. The peak rises to the northeast of Chamberlain Basin and south of Castle Lake and Merriam Peak.Sawtooth National Forest. "Sawtooth National Forest" [map].1:126,720, 1"=2 miles. Twin Falls, Idaho: Sawtooth National Forest, United States Forest Service, 1998. There are trails from parking area to the vicinity of Castle Peak, although no trails go up the peak itself. The easiest route up Castle Peak is as class 3 scramble from the Chamberlain Basin. A proposed open-pit molybdenum mine at the base of Castle Peak became a leading issue in the 1970 gubernatorial race, and advanced the formation of the Sawtooth NRA In a rematch of the 1966 election, Cecil Andrus defeated incumbent Don Samuelson to become the state's first Democratic governor in nearly a quarter century, and Republicans did not regain the governorship until January 1995. File:Castle and Merriam Peaks.JPG|Castle Peak (left) and Merriam Peak (right) File:Castle Peak.JPG|Castle Peak from Sawtooth Mountains File:Castle Peak ID.jpg|Castle Peak See also *D. O. Lee Peak *Born Lakes *Chamberlain Basin References External links Category:Mountains of Idaho Category:Mountains of Custer County, Idaho Category:Sawtooth National Forest "
"Ngoma is a small town in Nakaseke District, Central Uganda. It is one of the municipalities within Nakaseke District. Other municipalities in the district include: (a) Butalangu (b) Kapeeka (c) Nakaseke (d) Semuto and (e) Wakyaato. Location Ngoma is located approximately , by road, northwest of Luweero, the largest town in the sub-region. It lies about , by road, north of Nakaseke, where the district headquarters are located. This location is approximately , by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the town are:1°10'50.0"N 32°01'03.0"E (Latitude:1.180551; Longitude:32.017491). Population During the national census and household survey of August 2014, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), enumerated the population of Ngoma at 6,295 people. Landmarks The landmarks within the town limits or near the town include: (a) The offices of Ngoma Town Council (b) Ngoma Health Centre IV (c) Ngoma Central Market and (d) Oliver Tambo School of Leadership - Located at Kaweweta, near Ngoma. See also * Kaweweta * Nakaseke District * Luweero Triangle * Central Region, Uganda References External links Category:Nakaseke District Category:Populated places in Uganda Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley "