Adolf Bassermann
Adolf Bassermann (born May 1, 1866 in Karlsruhe , † 1943 ) was a German theater actor , opera singer ( tenor ) and silent film actor .
Life
Adolf Bassermann came from the Baden-Palatinate merchant family Bassermann . Like the actor Albert Bassermann , he was a nephew of the actor and theater manager August Bassermann . The son of an engineer first studied chemistry for two semesters in Aachen, but then decided to pursue a stage career.
Bassermann was engaged at the Karlsruhe court theater, where he worked as a bon vivant until 1892. He took singing lessons from Gustav Jung and began his singing career in Mainz in 1893, then came to Mannheim, Darmstadt and worked at the Königsberg City Theater from 1899 .
Bassermann was considered a heroic tenor and had success as a Wagner singer , for example in the roles of Siegfried , Tristan and Tannhauser .
Little is known about his further life, in the mid-1920s he appeared as an actor in several silent films . He died in 1943.
Filmography
- 1924: Garragan
- 1924: The Hermann Battle
- 1926: The Sanssouci mill
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Published by Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 52.
Web links
- Adolf Bassermann at filmportal.de
- Adolf Bassermann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Year of death on the website of the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association
- ↑ Ernst Leopold Stahl: The Mannheim National Theater, a century of German theater culture in the empire . Verlag J. Bensheimer, 1929, p. 173.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bassermann, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theater actor, opera singer (tenor) and silent film actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1943 |