Carl Günther (singer, 1885)

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Carl Günther (born November 22, 1885 in Ottensen ; † September 9, 1958 in Hamburg ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ) who was best known for the bel canto repertoire.

Life

Tombstone Carl Günther , Ohlsdorf Cemetery

Carl Günther came from a humble background (his father was a Piepenmoker , so he made tobacco pipes) and initially worked as a shipyard worker at Blohm + Voss . On August 31, 1912 Günther made his operatic debut at the Hamburg State Opera , where he appeared as Florestan in Fidelio ; The conductor was Otto Klemperer . As a result, he developed into a celebrated tenor and was honored as a Hamburg Chamber Singer in 1928 .

Because of his origins from the people, the popular singer in Hamburg was called us Kuddl . After his opera career he worked as a singing teacher .

Günther was put to rest in September 1958 in the Ohlsdorf cemetery . His grave is still preserved today (Grabfeld U10, No. 255/256).

Recordings of well-known arias and songs that Günther made with piano or orchestral accompaniment for Odeon (1917), Vox (1921) and Deutsche Grammophon (1922) were released on double CD in 2010.

literature

  • Eberhard von Wiese: You have to reach for the stars: from coppersmith to chamber singer. Memories of the chamber singer Carl Günther from the Hamburg State Opera . Christians, Hamburg 1956.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New Hamburg Chamber Singers - Anno 1928! . In: Hamburger Abendblatt from August 25, 1961.
  2. ↑ Heiko Bockstiegel: Graves of important opera singers in the Ohlsdorf cemetery . In: OHLSDORF - Zeitschrift für Trauerkultur , No. 77/78, II / III (June 2002), ISSN  1866-7449 .
  3. ↑ Tombs of prominent personalities with G ( Memento of the original of September 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Ohlsdorf cemetery. (Retrieved February 17, 2011.) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.friedhof-hamburg.de
  4. ↑ Carl Günther . No. 10471, Hamburg Archive for Singing Art.
personal data
SURNAME Günther, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottensen
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1958
Place of death Hamburg