Herbert Prikopa

Herbert "Happi" Prikopa (30 November 1935 – 8 December 2015) was an Austrian television presenter, conductor, operatic tenor, actor, composer, writer, pianist and cabaret artist.
Life and career.
Born in Vienna, in 1935, at the age of 19, Prikopa became the youngest répétiteur at the Wiener Volksoper. After a singing engagement at the Wiener Kammeroper he became a member of Gerhard Bronner's "" in the cabaret programm "Brettl vorm Klavier". In 1957 a soloist contract was signed at the Volksoper instead of the répétiteur contract. From 1988 to 2009 Prikopa belonged to the radio cabaret team ". In the 1998/1999 to 2007/2008 seasons, Prikopa was musical director and conductor of the Johann Strauss Concert Gala in Vienna.
He was the presenter of the children's television programme " on the ORF in the 1980s. Here he appeared as Herbert "Happi" Prikopa.
On 21 March 2005, Prikopa received the professor.
He died in Vienna on 8 December 2015 at age 80.