Bernhard Schmidt (singer)
Bernhard Schmidt ( March 15, 1825 in Dragun - December 17, 1892 in Weimar ) was a German opera singer ( bass ) and stage actor .
Life
Schmidt received artistic training from singing teacher Elsner in Berlin and appeared as a singer for the first time on March 15, 1848 at the Hamburg City Theater. Then he was engaged in Bremen, Rostock, Danzig, Königsberg, Cologne, Braunschweig and Breslau. He was both a singer (bassist) and an actor (character actor). At the Weimar Court Theater he was heard in outstanding roles (including "Bartolo" in Don Giovanni , "Figaro" in Figaro's wedding ). Schmidt also worked as a teacher at the Grand Ducal Orchestra School there.
From 1853 he was married to the singer Louise Kellberg , his daughter was the opera singer Marie Basta .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Bernhard Schmidt . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 53 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Web links
- Bernhard Schmidt at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Killy (Ed.) Et al .: Dictionary of German Biography . Vol. 9: Schmidt-Theyer. Munich 2005, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass) and theater actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dragun |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1892 |
| Place of death | Weimar |