Benedikt Mayr (singer)
Benedikt Mayr ( September 21, 1835 in Kempten - December 5, 1902 in Darmstadt ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ) and opera director .
Life
Mayr completed the teachers' seminar in Laningen, then received his vocal training at the Conservatory in Munich and later by Pauline Viardot-Garcia in London.
He began his stage career in Regensburg in 1859 , then he was engaged in Braunschweig , Breslau , Bremen and Riga and in 1868 he was engaged for the court theater in Darmstadt , where he worked as a hero tenor until 1889 . Other roles were Rienzi , Jean de Leyde , Masaniello , the title roles in Fernand Cortez , Tannhäuser , Lohengrin etc. Mayr also worked as a director at the Darmstädter Hoftheater.
He was married to his colleague Antonie Mayr-Olbrich (1842–1912).
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Benedikt Mayr . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 660 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Web links
- Benedikt Mayr in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayr, Benedict |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) and opera director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kempten |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1902 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |