Albert Eilers (singer, 1830)
Albert Ludwig Eilers ( December 21, 1830 in Koethen (Anhalt) - September 2, 1896 in Darmstadt ) was a German opera singer ( bass ) and composer .
life and work
Albert Eilers first studied theology and later law at the University of Leipzig . He was a member of the Academic Choral Society in Leipzig, which at that time included many students from the theological faculty. There he was a bass soloist, and his beautiful voice was discovered. He took singing lessons from the well-known Leipzig bassist and singing teacher Wilhelm Pögner and studied from 1852 at the Milan Conservatory.
In 1854 he was engaged to the Dresden Court Opera , where he made his debut as Oroveso in Norma . In 1855 he sang Marcel in Die Huguenots at the Hamburg City Theater , as well as Pietro in Die Mute von Portici and Don Basilio in The Barber of Seville . This was followed by engagements at the Stadttheater Bremen (1856–1858) and at the Deutsches Theater Prague (1858–1865), where he was particularly successful as Kaspar in Der Freischütz , as Lysiart in Euryanthe and as King Heinrich in Lohengrin . From 1865 to 1882 he was a permanent member of the ensemble at the Hoftheater Coburg .
In August 1876 he sang Fasolt in Das Rheingold at the first Bayreuth Festival at the invitation of Richard Wagner . From 1882 he was engaged at the court theater in Darmstadt . In 1882 he was a guest at the Her Majesty's Theater in London in the first complete performance of the Nibelungen Ring under the musical direction of Anton Seidl . From 1882–1883 he went on a major European tour with Angelo Neumann's traveling Richard Wagner Theater .
Eilers was also active as a composer. During his engagement at the Deutsches Theater in Prague he composed the comic opera Die St. Johannisnacht , which was premiered in Coburg in 1867, based on a template by Heinrich Zschokke . He also wrote a one-act operetta , as well as overtures , masses , choral pieces and songs.
At Eilers' suggestion, the Society of Artists and Art Lovers “ Schlaraffia ” was founded in Prague in 1859 . His two sons Albert (1859-1939) and Franz (1861-1929) also became opera singers.
Repertoire (selection)
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Stage works
- Spielmannslied , Operetta, WP: Prague, February 1865
- The St. Johannisnacht , opera, premiere: Coburg, 1867
literature
- Ottmar G. Flüggen: Biographical stage lexicon of the German theaters from the beginning of German acting to the present . Compiled by OG Flüggen. 1st year. A. Bruckmann's Verlag, Munich 1892. P. 70.
- Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon . Volume I. A - Hurka. Page 382/383. De Gruyter, Berlin [et al.]. 1953, ISBN 978-3-907820-27-8 (accessed from De Gruyter Online).
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 2: Castori – Frampoli. Fourth, enlarged and updated edition. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 , p. 1306.
- Elmar Selbach (ed.): Works by the composer Albert Eilers . Independently Published 2017, ISBN 978-1-522053-93-4 , 383 pages.
Web links
- Albert Eilers in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
Individual evidence
- ^ "Schlaraffia" men's association founded . The calendar sheet Bavaria 2 . Retrieved November 22, 2019.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Eilers, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eliers, Albert Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass) and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1830 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koethen , Saxony-Anhalt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1896 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |