Gunther Emmerlich was a German opera singer and television presenter. Emmerlich died in Dresden on 19 December 2023 at the age of 79.
Gunther Emmerlich was born during the final year of World War II in Eisenberg, a small town between Erfurt and Leipzig.
Who is Gunther Emmerlich wife Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar?
He was married to actress Anne-Kathrein Emmerich (born Anne-Kathrein Kretschmar), with whom he had two children. In 2014 the two separated.
Anne-Kathrein Kretzschmar was born on 28 March 1948. She was an actress, known for Karla (1965), Don’t Think I’ll Cry (1965), and Wege übers Land (1968).
During the 1980s in the German Democratic Republic, Emmerlich embarked on a parallel career as a television presenter with Deutscher Fernsehfunk. Between 1987 and 1990 he hosted the television cabaret show Showkolade.
Starting in 2004 he hosted the Krone der Volksmusik.From its revival in 2006 until 2015, Emmerlich hosted the Dresden Opera Ball. He was a member of the Semper House Band, which takes most of its members from the orchestra of the Dresden State Opera,
