Clemens Kaufung

Theater bill of the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf from 1903: Kaufung as Tannhäuser

Clemens Kaufung ( November 23, 1867 in Engers am Rhein , German Reich - June 21, 1921 in Berlin , Weimar Republic ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ), singing teacher and film actor.

Life

The son of a businessman first worked as an elementary school teacher in Kön for a few years until he decided in 1890 to devote himself to the stage. From 1890 to 1893 he trained with Benno Stolzenberg and Wolfram Kundsohn in Cologne and made his debut at the Lübeck City Theater in 1893 as Max im Freischütz .

From 1894 to 1896 he worked at the Stadttheater Essen, from 1896 to 1901 at the Cologne Opera House, from 1901 to 1902 in Leipzig, from 1902 to 1904 at the Düsseldorf Opera House, from 1904 to 1907 at the Deutsches Theater Prague, from 1907 to 1911 at the Mülhausen Theater Alsace and from 1915 to 1916 at the Deutsche Volksoper.

Repertoire (selection)

• Bizet: Carmen - Don José
• Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - Edgardo
• Meyerbeer: The Huguenots - Raoul
• Verdi: The Troubadour - Manrico
• Wagner: Lohengrin - Lohengrin
• Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg - Walther von Stolzing
• Wagner: Tannhäuser - Tannhäuser
• Wagner: Siegfried - Siegfried
• Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Siegfried
• Weber: Der Freischütz - Max

Filmography

• 1918: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
• 1918: Naval lieutenant von Brinken. 1. Pandola's promissory note
• 1919: Pro domo, the secret of one night
• 1920: The secret of the fakir
• 1920: The lonely island
• 1921: The Virgin of Cynasty
• 1921: The pure sinner

literature

• Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 500, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

• Clemens Kaufung in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Clemens Kaufung at filmportal.de
• Clemens Kaufung in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
• Clemens Kaufung at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon