Erik Enderlein

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Erik Enderlein , maiden name Emil Enderlein (born February 18, 1887 in Dresden , † after 1947), was a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

After completing his vocal training in 1912, Enderlein was hired as a “ lyric tenor ” as a permanent member of the ensemble at the Dresden Court Opera , where he remained until 1917. In the 1917/18 season he was engaged at the Stadttheater Chemnitz . From there he went to the Schwerin State Theater for the 1918/19 season after switching to a hero tenor . He then moved to the Stadttheater Hamburg , where he was part of the permanent ensemble from 1919 to 1926. From 1926 to 1928 he was a member of the Städtische Oper Berlin . During this time he continued to perform regularly at the Stadttheater Hamburg.

Enderlein performed extensive national and international guest performances. In 1925 he appeared at the Bayreuth Festival as Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg . After his appearances in Bayreuth he took the first name Erik for his artistic career , probably based on Richard Wagner's stage character Erik in the Flying Dutchman . He made guest appearances in German-speaking countries at the Vienna State Opera (1926–1929), at the Stadttheater Basel (1928) and at the Nationaltheater Mannheim (1931–1933).

He had international guest appearances at the Teatro Real in Rome (1926), at the Forest Opera Sopot (1927/28; as Parsifal and as Siegfried in Götterdämmerung ), at the Covent Garden Opera (1929; as Lohengrin and as Tristan ), at the Royal Opera Copenhagen (1929), at the Grand Théâtre de Genève (1930; in the Ring des Nibelungen ), at the national operas of Belgrade and Zagreb (both 1930) and at the Monte Carlo Opera House (1934; as Tristan).

At the beginning of his career, Enderlein sang the lyric tenor subject with roles such as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte , Chapelou in Der Postillon by Lonjumeau and Narraboth in Salome . After his change of subject, the focus was initially on the role of the teenage hero tenors, with roles such as Erik in the Flying Dutchman , Hugo von Ringstetten in Undine , Florestan in Fidelio and Pedro in Tiefland . He later took on numerous roles of the heavy heroic tenor (such as the Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten , Jean van Leyden in Der Prophet ); but he also sang the tenoral character subject (inter alia, Loge in Das Rheingold , Herodes in Salome ). He achieved his greatest successes as a Wagner tenor (Erik, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Walther von Stolzing, Tristan, Siegfried, Parsifal). Enderlein is considered one of the most important German hero tenors. Occasionally he also took on roles in operettas .

After finishing his career he worked as a singing teacher in Berlin . In 1947 he still lived in Berlin. Further news of his life was not available; The date of his death has not yet been officially announced either.

Enderlein left behind a few audio documents, mostly still under the name Emil Enderlein, which are considered collectors' recordings. His records were on the brands Pathé, Parlophon (1923; shellac record with Der Lenz by Eugen Hildach and Die Himmel prehmen by Ludwig van Beethoven), Polyphon (probably 1921; individual excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Die Walküre and Lohengrin with piano accompaniment), Polydor and HMV published. His recording of the duet “Zu neueTaten” from Götterdämmerung with Nanny Larsén-Todsen is particularly well known .

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  1. ↑ a b c Erik Enderlein (tenor) . Biography and audio documents. Forgotten Opera Singers. Retrieved June 2, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c d e Erik Enderlein Vita. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h Erik Enderlein (tenor) . Biography and audio documents. Great Opera Singers. Retrieved June 2, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Enderlein, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Enderlein, Emil (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH after 1947