The last great star

Hundreds of mourners bid farewell to Otto Schenk

Colorful clothing was expressly requested: son Konstantin Schenk and Tamara Trojani very emotionally and lovingly, together with cathedral priest Toni Faber, who performed the blessing.(Bild: Kristian Bissuti)

Family, friends and hundreds of mourners bid farewell to the audience favorite at Vienna's Central Cemetery. For many, Otto Schenk (who died at the age of 94) was "one of the last great stars" - he was laid to rest in glorious sunshine.

For many of the hundreds of mourners, Otto Schenk was one of the last great stars. "An all-rounder, a multi-talent", as one group aptly put it when bidding farewell to the crowd favorite on Thursday afternoon. The fact that the sun was shining that very day could not have been more beautiful. Despite all the sadness, the collective of family, friends and political representatives (Culture Minister Werner Kogler was present as the spearhead) felt a lot of positive energy.

Son Konstantin Schenk emotional
"We never spoke to him about this day," Tamara Trojani, Konstantin Schenk's wife, told the Krone, "but he would certainly have enjoyed a day like this." That was also the reason why the mourners wore colorful clothing - it would have been in the spirit of the deceased. It was also son Konstantin who, before the cathedral priest Toni Faber performed the blessing, found touching last words for the actor, the opera director, the all-rounder, his father: "As a son, I had the honor of learning so much from him, of seeing so much of him and I would also like to say goodbye to my mother here once again, who was a strict mother, with whom it was not always so easy, but who wanted so much good.

Konstantin Schenk says his farewell words at his father's coffin.(Bild: APA/MAX SLOVENCIK)

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Grave of honor at Renate Holm
He spoke of Otto Schenk's wife Renée, who preceded him two years ago and with whom he now found his final resting place - next to the grave of honor of Kammersängerin Renate Holm, not far from Christiane Hörbiger's grave.