Andreas Dippel (singer)
Andreas Dippel ( November 30, 1866 in Kassel - May 12, 1932 in Hollywood , California ) was a German-American opera singer ( tenor ), stage actor and director, as well as impresario and singing teacher .
Life
Dippel, the son of a factory owner, was originally supposed to also take up a commercial profession at his father's request. In 1882 he joined a well-respected bank in Kassel. As a member of an oratorio club you discovered his voice and so he decided to go to the stage.
He studied with Nina Zottmayer in Kassel, then with Julius Hey in Berlin. Then he went to Milan to Alberto Leoni (with whom he studied bel canto ) and finally he was with Johann Reß in Vienna.
He made his debut in September 1887 at the Bremen City Theater as "Lyonel" in Martha and began his engagement as "Steuermann" in The Flying Dutchman . He stayed in Bremen until April 30, 1892 and then went to Breslau, not only as a singer but also as an actor. After only one year he was signed to the Vienna Court Opera. In between, he played in small roles at the Bayreuth Festival in 1889 .
In 1898 he left Vienna and began his international career in July with the role of “Radames” in Italian (he had previously sung exclusively in German).
In 1890 he sang at the New York Metropolitan Opera . There he sang around 400 performances in 18 years, including the “Count Almaviva” in the Barber of Seville , the “Edgardo” in Lucia di Lammermoor , the “Faust” by Gounod, the “Radames” in Aida , the “Siegfried” in the Nibelungenring and the "Tristan". He also worked there in 1905 in the US premiere of the bat and in 1907 as "Narraboth" in Salome by Richard Strauss . From 1900 to 1910 he was also a member of the board.
In London and New York, he had to step in for Jean de Reszke , who was one of the greatest tenors in opera history at the time.
From 1910 to 1913 he was the director of the Philadelphia-Chicago Grand Opera Company. At Ithaca College he founded his own opera company, with which he toured across North America. Most recently he was a vocal teacher in Hollywood .
He has a large tenor voice with nuanced expression and particularly shone in Wagnerian roles. His repertoire comprised 150 games. At the same time he was a valued concert and oratorio singer.
He was married to the actress Anita Lenar . He died of heart disease.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 202, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Andreas Dippel at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Andreas Dippel in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Andreas Dippel in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Andreas Dippel in the New York Times archive
- Andreas Dippel's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
Individual evidence
- ↑ Time Magazine, May 23, 1932, p. 29
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dippel, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American opera singer (tenor), theater actor and director as well as impresario and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1932 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , California |