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Jörg Waschinski

German opera singer

Correspondence, annotated notebooks and portrait silhouettes prepared for research
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ107807 ↗
Source-derived summary

Jörg Waschinski (born 1966 in Berlin) is a German countertenor.

Selected discography

Carlo Broschi Farinelli: The Composer Jörg Waschinski, Salzburger Hofmusik, Wolfgang Brunner.

Editorial summary

“Jörg Waschinski” enters the record as german opera singer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Jörg, Waschinski and German can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1966—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1966-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Jörg, Waschinski and German.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Jörg Waschinski” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Jörg, Waschinski and German provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q107807. VIAF identifies the subject as 54359426. The Library of Congress control number is no00075566. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1966.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

Best used for
  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Jörg Waschinski”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Jörg Waschinski primary sources, Jörg Waschinski archive and Jörg research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Jörg Waschinski”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Jörg Waschinski” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.