I'm a little bit surprised, that obviously nobody mentioned another
theory about Wunderlich's death, which was told to me as a rumour from
a well-known south-american tenor a couple of years ago and which I've
found "confirmed" (whatever it could mean) by some "opera-insiders"
with contacts to former colleagues of F.W. According to that rumour he
had been quite a womanizer (if wanted it could be found between the
lines in some interviews, "most intensive life in every aspect") and a
jealous husband had "something to do" with the bizarre circumstances
of his death. Does anybody know more about this theory?
I'm just curious and it is of course not my intention to insult
anybody of F.W's family with that message.
H.Guenther, Germany>
A Los Angeles "psychic" named Doris Russell (or Ross) has written a "book"
about Wunderlich and her romance with him in his afterlife. She touches on
the circumstances of his death. If you are in the mood to read some really
Fritzy
Synopsis
Doris Ross, an insurance claims adjuster, lives with her husband,Ron, in Los
Angeles. Both are amateur musicians. Ron, an avid record collector and
musicologist, reads of Fritz's death and mentions it to Doris. She, being
unfamiliar with the name, places little importance on the information, but
for some reason the name sticks in her mind. Shortly after hearing of his
death she sees one of his recordings and impulsively buys it, even though
she doesn't particularly like tenors--especially ones unknown to her.
Upon playing the record and hearing this man's glorious voice she begins to
feel depression, which is quite foreign to her practical, positive nature.
She is in love, really in love--with a man she has never, and now will never
meet.
By use of a Ouija board, first with a friend, then alone, she makes contact
with an entity who claims to be Fritz's spirit. He is a friendly, riotously
funny ghost, joking around in both English and German. Doris doesn't know
German and has to buy a German dictionary to translate.
When Doris can't find a partner for the Ouija board she attempts it alone.
Soon her hands are being pulled from letter to letter, and she and Fritz are
having a lively conversation. He admits he need shelp, which she agrees to
give him whatever it takes. During her next solo sitting she learns it could
take her life.
Now convinced that the entity she has been communicating with is not
Fritz--instead, something grossly evil which is bent on destroying her, she
begins to feel chills , a burning sensation throughout her body, and a
"fuzziness" in the back of her head. A male voice shouts inside her mind.
She is terrified and hopeless. Ron can't help her. Psychiatrists who "don't
believe in that stuff" can't help her either.
Finally with the help of a friend, a medical doctor who plays chamber music
with the Rosses, Doris regains her ability to function--and along with it,
her desire to resume communication with Fritz.
Always a hard-core skeptic, Doris wavers between doubt and belief. If
Fritz's personality has survived the death of his body, she wants to help
him by releasing him from his earthbound condition. But, she also wants to
hold onto him, as her love for him has now become the most solid thing in
her life.
Through subsequent communications with Doris and others by Ouija board,
automatic writing, and later, direct thought transference, Fritz makes his
"confession". He describes his life on Earth as it really was--shabby and
sordid beneath the glitter of international fame; and presents a true
picture of himself--of the loneliness, frustration and guilt lurking behind
his protective facade--that of the typical "vain tenor".
This extraordinary love affair between the living and the so-called dead
continues for nearly ten years, and Doris still cannot verify all that Fritz
has told her about himself. She has a husband, a career, and a life to
attend to. She can't continue living in two worlds, and Fritz must advance
to a higher spiritual plane. Sorrowful but determined, she breaks off
communication with the only man she has ever truly loved.
The story could end here. There has been conflict and resolution. Lives have
been changed, for the better, we presume. But Fritz will not stay buried.
Early in 1977, eleven years after his death, Fritz makes a comeback--he's
bigger, better and stronger than ever! He speaks directly into Doris's mind,
promising to make her life so exciting that she will never think of leaving
him again.
As predicted, 1977 becomes a year of accelerated psychic activity. Fritzy's
newly-acquired power enables him to channel through many people associated
with Doris to convince her of his continued existence. He even attempts to
take over the body of a long-time friend of the Rosses in order to make love
to Doris "in the flesh".
Toward the end of the year Fritz furnishes fresh material concerning his
death, implying it may not have been accidental after all.
By "coincidence" an old acquaintance of the Rosses is brought back into
their lives, just long enough to allow Fritz to speak though him while in a
hypnotically-induced trance--and to introduce Doris to the hypnotist. As a
result, Doris begins working with the hypnotist who, by raising her
vibratory rate, puts her into contact with an alchemist from the 18th
Century--the enigmatic Count St. Germain. The Count welcomes Doris as a
disciple of his New Age teachings. Fritz also becomes a disciple of St.
Germain--the only teacher he has ever accepted.
Although Fritz has been reborn on a higher spiritual plane, Doris, through
St. Germain, is now given the opportunity to verify Fritz's story. She is
led to people who knew about Fritz, and they confirm all he has told her.
Her remaining task is that of assisting Fritz in making his final confession
by telling his story to the world. She will them be free to follow St.
Germain in his all-out campaign for the enlightenment of mankind. END OF
SYNOPSIS
If you have read this far and can't live another day without all the juicy
http://dorissimo.net/fritzy/
Ron Obvious