Arend Baumann (singer)

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Arend Baumann (born July 18, 1944 in Stolpmünde , Pomerania ; † June 9, 2014 in Wentworth Falls , New South Wales , Australia ) was a German opera singer ( bass ).

Life

Career in Germany

Arend Baumann, whose parents fled westward from the Red Army shortly before the end of the Second World War , studied singing at the Frankfurt University of Music , where he received a scholarship from the local Richard Wagner Association in 1969 .

After completing his vocal training, he received his first permanent engagement at the Stadttheater Mainz , where he sang roles in the serious bass field (e.g. King Heinrich in Lohengrin ), but also bass buffo roles, such as Abul Hassan in The Barber of Baghdad .

At the beginning of the 1977/78 season Baumann moved to the Nuremberg Opera House , where he was a permanent member of the ensemble until the end of the 1981/82 season. There he sang mainly the serious bass subject with roles like König Heinrich, Eremit ( Der Freischütz , premiere: 1979/80 season, director: Peter Beauvais ), Tommaso ( Tiefland ), Sparafucile ( Rigoletto ), Colline ( La Bohème , premiere: 1981/82 season, director: Gilbert Deflo ) and Graf Waldner ( Arabella , premiere: 1980/81 season, director: Hans Neugebauer ). As a member of the ensemble, he also took on many small and medium-sized roles in the repertoire, including a. Hans Schwarz in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Dottore Grenvil in La Traviata (premiere: 1981/82 season, director: Jean-Louis Martinoty ), Angelotti in Tosca (premiere: 1981/82 season, director: Götz Fischer ) and Mr. Budd in Albert Herring (premiere: 1980/81 season, director: Uwe Kreyssig ). In June 1979 he sang the craftsman Adam in the world premiere of the mystery play Tempus Dei - the time of man by Werner Jacob in the Sebaldus Church in Nuremberg .

From the 1982/83 season until the end of the 1984/85 season he was permanently engaged at the Stuttgart State Opera , where he had already made several guest appearances during his Nuremberg engagement. In the 1982/83 season he appeared as King Philip II in a new production by Don Carlos at the Dortmund Municipal Theaters .

Roles of Modernity

Baumann developed into a specialist for roles in contemporary operas during his engagements in Nuremberg and Stuttgart. In the 1979/80 season he sang the court astrologer Astradamors in Le Grand Macabre at the Nuremberg Opera House ; in this role he also appeared with the Nuremberg Ensemble in November 1981 at the Steirischer Herbst in Graz . In addition, he sang the adjutant in Hans Werner Henze's musical theater work We reach the river at the Nuremberg Opera House (premiere: 1980/81 season, conductor: Wolfgang Gayler ) and the King of France in Lear (premiere: 1981/82 season, conductor: Wolfgang Gayler, with Fabio Giongo in the title role). At the Stuttgart State Opera he was part of the premiere cast of Henze's opera The English Cat in June 1983 at the Schwetzingen Festival as Plunkett . He was also the Amon priest in the world premiere of Philip Glass ' opera Akhenaten at the Stuttgart State Opera in the 1983/84 season .

Career in Australia

In 1984 Baumann performed for the first time in Australia. In August 1984 he sang King Philip II in Don Carlos at "The State Theater" at the Victorian State Opera in Melbourne . From 1985 he had great success at the Australian Opera , where he played in numerous leading roles in productions at the Sydney Opera House in the twenty years of his engagement from 1986 to 2006 .

He sang leading roles in operas by Mozart, Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi , Giacomo Puccini and Richard Wagner . His roles included a. Sarastro , Doctor Bartolo , Don Basilio , Banquo , Ferrando , Sparafucile, Crespel , König Marke , Pogner , Fürst Gremin and Schigolch .

In 1992 he sang Timur in a new production by Turandot . In the Australian Ring production (1998) he was Hunding in Die Walküre under the musical direction of Jeffrey Tate . In spring 1998 he sang Landgrave Hermann in Tannhäuser and the Singers' War in Wartburg . From January to May 2004 he sang Daland in The Flying Dutchman with Opera Australia . In spring 2005 he sang the cook in a production of Die Liebe zu den Drei Orangen . From August 2005 he took over the command of Opera Australia in a new production of Don Giovanni . Opera databases give the Sparafucile in Rigoletto in September / October 2006 as his last role .

As a concert singer he appeared as a soloist in the Glagolitic Mass by Janáček at the Adelaide Festival, in the Petite Messe solennelle by Rossini at the Victoria State Opera and in the Messiah with the West Australian Symphony.

Baumann was considered a singer with "a strong vocal and acting presence". His voice is documented by radio recordings and some live recordings. A live recording of the opera Die Liebe zu den Drei Orangen was released on CD in 2006 on the Chandos label .

Private

In 1985 Baumann moved from Germany to Australia, the home of his wife Alison. He died shortly before his 70th birthday "after a serious illness". He was the father of two children.

literature

  • Karl Martyniak (Ed.): OPERAdat. Interpreter lexicon. Singer lexicon. Baasbank - Bazsinka. Page 21. 2nd edition Düsseldorf 1998 (with list of roles).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Arend Baumann . Obituary notice in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from June 14, 2014; accessed on March 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ Grant recipients 1969: Arend Baumann . Official website of the Richard Wagner Association Frankfurt am Main eV; accessed on March 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ In the yearbooks of the Opernwelt magazine , Baumann is recorded as a member of the ensemble at the Städtische Bühnen Mainz from the 1973/74 season.
  4. ↑ a b Programs and cast notes of the Nuremberg Opera House from the seasons 1979/80, 1980/81 and 1981/82.
  5. ↑ Tempus Dei - Man's Time (1979) . Cast and reviews. Official website of the composer Werner Jacob . Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. ↑ DON CARLOS program . Premiere October 3, 1982, 1982/83 season.
  7. ↑ Le Grand Macabre . Archive Styrian Autumn. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  8. ↑ MUSIC THEATER NUREMBERG GUESTS WITH LIGETIS “LE GRAND MACABRE” . Performance review. In: Austrian music magazine . Volume 37. Issue 1st page 38/39. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7767/omz.1982.37.1.37 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).
  9. ^ Rudolf Hohlweg: World premiere in Stuttgart: Phil Glass "Echnaton": mass murder on the Nile . Performance review. In: ZEIT of March 30, 1984. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  10. ↑ a b c We are saddened to hear of the passing of Arend Baumann . Opera Australia's death report and obituary dated June 9, 2014. Accessed March 26, 2020.
  11. ↑ a b c d e Arend Baumann . Biography in the booklet for the CD recording Die Liebe zu den Drei Orangen , published by Chandos . Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  12. ↑ Turandot . Production details in the Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  13. ↑ Tannhauser . Production details in the Australian Live Performance Database. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  14. ↑ Previous Events In Australia . Occupation. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  15. ^ The Flying Dutchman, Opera Australia, Melbourne . Occupation. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  16. ^ Don Giovanni Dress Rehearsal . Photo. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  17. ^ Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg . 1990 - Sydney. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Arend
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Stolpmünde , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 2014
Place of death Wentworth Falls , New South Wales , Australia