Erich Kaufmann (singer)

Erich Kaufmann's grave

Erich Kaufmann (born November 22, 1908 in Vienna ; † August 22, 1956 there ) was an Austrian opera singer .

Life

The bass Erich Kaufmann received his training in Vienna and began his stage work as a choir singer at the Theater Basel in 1935 . In 1936 he was accepted into the ensemble as a soloist . In the same year Kaufmann went to the theater of Reichenberg . After a successful guest performance, he went to the Vienna Volksoper in 1938 , of which he was a member until his death. There he sang a wide variety of roles, e.g. B .:

• Sarastro in the Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ,
• the Rocco in Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven ,
• the Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor by Otto Nicolai ,
• the Baculus in the Wildschütz by Albert Lortzing ,
• the d'Ursel im Kuhreigen by Wilhelm Kienzl ,
• the Tommaso in the lowlands by Eugen d'Albert ,
• the Ferrando in the troubadour of Giuseppe Verdi
• the king in Verdi's Aida ,
• the Colline in La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini ,
• the sacristan in Puccini's Tosca ,
• the Crespel in Hoffmann's stories by Jacques Offenbach ,
• the Zuniga in Carmen by Georges Bizet as well
• the Kezal in the Bartered Bride by Bedřich Smetana .

In addition, Kaufmann often appeared in operettas (as Zsupán in the Gypsy Baron , as Weps in the bird dealer , as Kagler in Wiener Blut and as Masaccio in Gasparone ). At the Vienna State Opera he gave guest appearances , especially in character roles .

Kaufmann's final resting place is in the Neustifter Friedhof (6-14-21) in Vienna .

Recordings

• Columbia ( One Night in Venice )
• Amadeo ( beggar student )
• Telefunken (solo interpretations of Viennese songs)
• Orfeo (songs and duets by Johannes Brahms )

literature

• Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 4th edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 , p. 2340.

Web links

• Erich Kaufmann at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon