Arthur Preuss (singer)
Arthur Preuss , also Arthur Preuss , (born February 23, 1878 in Königsberg , † August 20, 1944 in Vienna ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ), chamber singer, composer and singing teacher .
Life
As the son of a businessman, he decided to become a singer in 1893 and became a student of Benno Stolzenberg and Franz Krolop in Berlin . From 1899 to 1915 he worked mainly under the composer Gustav Mahler as a representative of the buffo subject at the Vienna Court Opera , around 1903 in the new production of Tristan und Isolde (with Erik Schmedes as Tristan, and Anna von Mildenburg as Isolde) and in 1905 in the New production of Feuersnot (Richard Strauss) on June 5, 1905 next to ensemble colleagues such as Hermine Kittel or Leopold Demuth . The chamber singer Preuss performed successfully at the Salzburg Mozart Festival (1906) and also made guest appearances at the Cologne Opera . In 1915 Preuss got an engagement at the Vienna Volksoper , where he devoted himself to the easy subject until 1930. As a celebrated concert tenor, he sang a. a. 1919 in Arnold Schönberg's Gurre-Lieder . His sonorous and expressive voice is preserved on records. Preuss, whose breathing technique, paraphrasing and intonation were very correct, also worked as a singing teacher in Vienna. As a hobby bookbinder, he put together a collection of autographs by Viennese composers, some of which were dispersed after his death.
family
Arthur Preuss Senior was married to Gretl Preuss, b. Hrdliczka (daughter of the timber industrialist Max Hrdliczka ) and had a son Arthur Preuss Junior. Arthur Preuss Senior was killed under the Nazi regime during a Gestapo interrogation (his son was active in the resistance in the Czech partisan brigade Jan Žižka ) when he collapsed on August 20, 1944. His cousin Hugo Preuss , who drafted the Weimar Imperial Constitution, but originally without the notorious § 48, is particularly well-known from his family .
Filmography
- 1908: Martha : Heaven forgive you
- 1908: Lucia di Lammermoor : Sextet
- 1933: When you are young, the world is yours
Roles (selection)
- Schubert (H. Berté, Das Dreimäderlhaus )
- Lancelot (E. Audran, La poupée )
- David (R. Wagner, The Mastersingers of Nuremberg )
- Alfred (G. Verdi, La traviata )
- Lobetanz (L. Thuille, Lobetanz )
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 793, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Yearbook of the Vienna Society, 1929
- Karl J. Kutsch / Leo Riemens : Immortal Voices. Singer lexicon. Francke, Bern 1975
- 100 years of Vienna Opera on the Ring. Anniversary exhibition in all the redout halls of the Hofburg, May 17 to September 28, 1969. Published by the Action Committee for the 100th Anniversary of the Vienna State Opera. Metten, Vienna 1969
Web links
- Arthur Preuss at Discogs (English)
- Arthur Preuss at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Arthur Preuss at filmportal.de
- Arthur Preuss sound recording from the archive of the Austrian Media Library : ("If your soul is ever felt" from The funny women of Windsor )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preuss, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Preuss, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor), composer and singing teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1944 |
| Place of death | Vienna |