Alfred Poell (singer)
Alfred Poell (born March 18, 1900 in Linz , Upper Austria ; † January 30, 1968 in Vienna ) was an Austrian ENT doctor who became known as an opera and lied singer in the baritone field.
Life
Poell was the son of the gynecologist and painter Alfred Poell of the same name . Like his father, he studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck and became active in his father's corps Gothia Innsbruck in 1920 . He moved to the University of Vienna and was reciprocated in the befriended Corps Alemannia Vienna in 1921 . He was promoted to Dr. med. doctorate, but turned to singing . He studied in Vienna with Filip Forstén (1852–1922) at the Vienna Music Academy and with Josef von Manowarda . He made his debut as a professional opera singer in 1929 at the Düsseldorf Opera, where he worked for ten years. In 1940 he went to the Vienna State Opera , where he stayed until the end of his career. He became internationally known for his appearances at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano , at the Royal Opera House , at the Paris Opera , at the Salzburg Festival and at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera , especially in roles by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . Milestones were the appearances in Don Giovanni (1950), The Rape of Lucretia (1950), Idomeneo and Le nozze di Figaro (1952), Der Freischütz (1954), Ariadne auf Naxos (1954) and Der Rosenkavalier (1960). He was also active as a lieder singer . He is buried in the Hernalser Friedhof (group 13, number 27).
Honors
- Chamber singer (1950)
- Ring of Honor of the Vienna State Opera
- Austrian Decoration of Honor for Art and Science, 1st Class (1965)
Audio documents
- Johann Sebastian Bach : Mass in B minor , with Emmy Loose , Hilde Ceska, Gertrud Burgsthaler-Schuster , Anton Dermota , Alfred Poell, Wiener Akademie-Kammerchor, Wiener Symphoniker , conductor: Hermann Scherchen , Vienna 1950
- Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor , with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf , Kathleen Ferrier , Walther Ludwig , Alfred Poell, Paul Schoeffler , Wiener Singverein , Wiener Symphoniker, conductor: Herbert von Karajan , Vienna 1950
- Richard Wagner : The Mastersingers of Nuremberg , with Paul Schoeffler (Sachs), Otto Edelmann (Pogner), Alfred Poell (Kothner), Karl Dönch (Beckmesser), Anton Dermota (David), Hilde Güden (Eva), Else Schürhoff (Magdalene) , Günther Treptow (Stolzing), choir of the Vienna State Opera , Vienna Philharmonic , conductor: Hans Knappertsbusch , Vienna 1950/1951
- Carl Maria von Weber : Der Freischütz , with Hans Hopf (Max), Maud Cunitz (Agathe), Emmy Loose (Ännchen), Marjan Rus (Kaspar), Otto Edelmann (Eremit), Alfred Poell (Ottokar), Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Otto Ackermann, Vienna 1951
- Richard Strauss : Der Rosenkavalier , with Maria Reining (Marschallin), Sena Jurinac (Octavian), Hilde Güden (Sophie), Alfred Poell (Herr von Faninal), Ludwig Weber (Ochs auf Lerchenau), Anton Dermota (Italian tenor), choir of Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, Conductor: Erich Kleiber , Vienna 1954
- Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, with Hans Hopf (Max), Elisabeth Grümmer (Agathe), Rita Streich (Ännchen), Kurt Böhme (Kaspar), Otto Edelmann (hermit), Alfred Poell (Ottokar), choir of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler , Salzburg Festival 1954
- Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, with Hans Hopf (Max), Elisabeth Grümmer (Agathe), Rita Streich (Ännchen), Max Proebstl (Kaspar), Kurt Böhme (hermit), Alfred Poell (Ottokar), Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra , conductor: Erich Kleiber, Cologne 1955
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro , with Cesare Siepi (Figaro), Hilde Güden (Susanna), Lisa della Casa (Contessa), Alfred Poell (Conte d'Almaviva), Suzanne Danco (Cherubino), Fernando Corena (Bartolo), Hilde Rössel-Majdan (Marzellina), choir of the Vienna State Opera, Vienna Philharmonic, conductor: Erich Kleiber, Vienna 1955
Filmography
literature
- 100 Years of the Vienna Opera , exhibition catalog, 1969, p. 157.
- Felix Czeike : Historisches Lexikon Wien , Vol. 4 (1995).
- Riemann Music Lexicon , 1961.
Web links
- Works by and about Alfred Poell in the catalog of the German National Library
- Alfred Poell at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kösener Corpslisten 1996, 44/161; 4/165
- ↑ Poell, Alfred (OeAW)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Poell, Alfred |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pöll, Alfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian ENT doctor and chamber singer (baritone) |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1900 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Linz |
DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1968 |
Place of death | Vienna |