Erik Wirl

Erik Wirl (born May 30, 1884 in Ebensee ; † February 15, 1954 in Rottach-Egern ) was a German opera singer (tenor) and actor .

Life

In Munich Wirl had his voice trained by the court and chamber singer Eduard F. Schuegraf. Initially classified as a baritone, he then switched to tenor. He made his debut in the role of the young sailor in Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner . As a tenor opera singer, he has worked in Bayreuth, Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, The Hague, Frankfurt / Main, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Paris, Salzburg and Vienna.

Wirl also sang operettas and entertainment songs - often in duets with well-known colleagues of his time. Also the hits of the still young sound film the Wienerlied Ja there in Liebhardstal and the title hit Wien, du Stadt der Lieder by Hans May .

In his work, special emphasis was placed on the works of Franz Schreker . Wirl sang the role of Chevalier at the world premiere of his operas Der ferne Klang on August 18, 1912 and Menaldo Negroni in Die Gezeichen on April 25, 1918 and designed the figure of the fool in The Treasure Grave . He sang in Ferruccio Busoni's opera Turandot in 1918 under Gustav Brecher in Frankfurt / Main alongside Else Gentner-Fischer and Hans Ertl. At the world premiere of Frederick Delius ' opera in 11 pictures Fennimore and Gerda he sang in 1919 alongside John glasses, Emma Holt and Elisabeth Kandt.

Examples of his appearance in modern operettas are Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall , where he sang René, Comte D'estrades, and Münchhausen von Ernst in the premiere on September 9, 1922 under the baton of the composer - alongside Fritzi Massary in the title role Steffan, where it premiered on December 23, 1927 alongside Hella Kürthy, Rose Ader and Fritz Schulz .

At the end of the 1920s, he also made a name for himself through his participation in performances of contemporary musical avant-garde such as Paul Hindemith's "funny opera in three parts" Neues vom Tage and the Lindberghflug by Bertolt Brecht with the music of Paul Hindemith and Kurt Weill . He appeared on the stage as well as on the radio and in the record studio.

He also appeared in Ernst Křenek's modern operas . After he had already sung the blind officer and lover in the “Tragic Opera in One Act” (as the preface) Der Dictator op. 49 in the performance of Křenek's one-act trilogy in the Kroll Opera , he gave in the performance of Křenek's opera Leben des Orestes op. 60 on March 8, 1930 in the Berlin State Opera under Otto Klemperer conducted the Agamemnon.

Filmography

• 1921 Tanja, the woman on the chain
• 1929 A little love affair
• 1932 Big city night with Dolly Haas and Trude Berliner
• 1933 Détective amateur (Original title: Kriminalreporter Holm )

Sound documents (selection)

Wirl had sung about gramophon, vox and HMV / Electrola records. There is no news about him from the period after 1933.

on gramophone:

• Gramophone 65 572 [042 578] (mx. 1372 m) How dangerous is the woman in the negligee ( Ade, ade ) from the operetta The Spanish Nightingale by Leo Fall. Erik Wirl, with orchestra, recorded in Berlin, 10.1920
• Gramophone 65 570 [044 322] (mx. 1371 m) Mon chéri ( Mon chéri, tonight ) from the operetta The Spanish Nightingale by Leo Fall. Fritzi Massary and Erik Wirl, with orchestra, recorded in Berlin, 10.1920
• Gramophone 65 572 [044 324] (mx. 1526 s) Fink und Nachtigall ( Nachtigall, you are heard everywhere ) from the operetta The Spanish Nightingale by Leo Fall. Fritzi Massary and Erik Wirl, with orchestra, recorded in Berlin, 11.1920

on Vox:

• Vox 3004 (mx. 18 B) Weinlied from The Laughing Husband (Edmund Eysler)
• Vox 3004 (mx. 19 B) Wiener Fiaker-Lied (Gustav Pick), Erik Wirl, tenor, with orchestral accompaniment
• Vox 3610 E (mx 1106-II BB) Two fairy tale eyes, song from the operetta The Circus Princess (Kálmán)
• Vox 3610 E (mx. 11041 BB) The little girls in the leotard , song and fox trot from the operetta Die Zirkusprinzessin (Kálmán), Erik Wirl, tenor, with orchestra accompaniment.
• Vox 4199 E (mx. 1105-1 BB) If you let me sit, I'll go straight to Budapest. Song and Foxtrot from the operetta The Circus Princess (Kálmán)
• Vox 4199 E (mx. 1107-1 BB) My darling must be like this , song and foxtrot from the operetta Die Zirkusprinzessin (Kálmán), Erik Wirl, tenor, and Marianne Alfermann, soprano, with orchestra accompaniment. February 1927
• Vox 4201 (mx. 1627 BB) If you need something for your heart , Foxtrot from the operetta Der blonde Zigeuner (Martin Knopf & Oskar Felix, H. Frey)
• Vox 4201 (mx. 1628 BB) I creep into the night , blues from the operetta Der blonde Zigeuner (Martin Knopf & Oskar Felix, H. Frey), Erik Wirl, tenor, and Marianne Alfermann, soprano, with orchestral accompaniment, April 1927
• Vox 4202 (mx.? BB) Kiss the red roses yourself , song from the operetta Der blonde Zigeuner (Martin Knopf & Oskar Felix, H. Frey), Erik Wirl, tenor, and Marianne Alfermann, soprano, with orchestral accompaniment.

on HMV / Electrola:

• His Master's Voice EG 1574 (mx. BLR 5690-I) Women, you make our life beautiful , song from Marietta (Oscar Strauss. German arrangement and lyrics by Alfred Grünwald), Erik Wirl with the orchestra of the Metropol-Theater, Berlin. Conductor: Kapellmeister H. Bruck
• His Master's Voice EG 1574 (mx. BLR 5689-I) Marietta, lovely woman picture , song from Marietta (Oskar Strauss. German arrangement and lyrics by Alfred Grünwald), Erik Wirl with the orchestra of the Metropol-Theater, Berlin. Conductor: Kapellmeister H. Bruck
• His Master's Voice EG 1796 (mx. BLR 5980-I) The wine tastes fine, fine . Wine song from The Laughing Husband (Eysler)
• His Master's Voice EG 1796 (mx. BLR 5978 II) Drink sweetheart, drink quickly. Drinking song from Die Fledermaus (J. Strauss), Erik Wirl, tenor. In German. With Orch.
• Electrola EG1845 (mx. BLR 6175-II) You too will cheat me one day, you too (Stolz, Reisch & Robinson) from the sound film operetta Two Hearts in Three- Four Time . Duet Irene Eisinger and Erik Wirl, with orchestra.
• The recording was also distributed in the USA: Victor V. 6082-A You'll Be Unfaithful. Irene Eisinger - Erik Wirl
• Electrola EG1846 (mx. BLR 6174-II) Vienna, you city of songs. Tango from the Atlas sound film of the same name (Hans May. Text by E. Neubach)
• Electrola EG1846 (mx. BLR 6176-I) Yes, there in Liebhardtstal. A Viennese song from the Atlas Tonfilm Wien, du Stadt der Lieder (Hans May. Instr .: Kurt Lubbe. Text by Hans Pflanzer), Erik Wirl, tenor, with orchestral accompaniment

Re-releases

• Sound carrier CD 75 years Donaueschinger Musiktage 1921–1996 [WWE 12CD 31899 (WWE 1CD 31900)], Verlag Col Legno, Munich 1996, contains: Lindberghflug / Paul Hindemith, Kurt Weill (18 '25 ")
• Recorded CD Four German Sopranos Of The Past, Preiser Records, contains: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz (Op. 77): Wie? What? Fright! Erik Wirl / Irene Eisinger / Käte Heidersbach, 1930 (6 '32 ").
• Sound carrier CD Imre Kálmán: You are the dearest: A composer portrait, Duophon Records, Alfred Wagner, contains as track 8 Marianne Alfermann & Erik Wirl: If you let me sit .
• Sound carrier CD Tonfilmschlager der Weimarer Republik (1929–1933), Duophon Records, Alfred Wagner, contains as track 22 Irene Eisinger, Erik Wirl - You too will cheat me one day .
• Sound carrier CD Fritzi Massary 4, TrueSoundTransfers, Chr. Zwarg, order no. TT-3053 contains three gramophone recordings with Fritzi Massary and Erik Wirl from the operetta The Spanish Nightingale by Leo Fall
• Sound carrier vinyl LP A-6034 A / A-6034 B Brothers, to the sun, to freedom: Workers' music from the Weimar Republic in original recordings. Label: plans - 88287, plans - 88287 G (1982). Recut on CD (No. 1627, 1995), contains as track 10 Erik Wirl with orchestra: Die Measure .

literature

• Bertolt Brecht: Writings on literature and art. Vol. I. Suhrkamp Verlag, 1967.
• Albrecht Dümling: Musical procedure and social function: Hanns Eisler and jazz. In: ASPM contributions z. Popular music research 15/16, pp. 118-138. ( ... through the singing of the opera tenor Erik Wirl and the accompaniment ... )
• Tobias Faßhauer: Dependence up to self-disclosure? Influences from Kurt Weill in Hanns Eisler's Song of the Goods. Article online at [19] (PDF; 753 kB)
• Martin Knopf: The blonde gypsy. Operetta in three acts, authors: Martin Knopf, Oskar Felix, Robert Winterberg, Verlag und Vertrieb, 1927, cf. with recordings of Wirl.
• Ernst Křenek, Claudia Maurer-Zenck (ed.): Correspondence with the Universal Edition (1921–1941). 2 vols. 1st edition. Böhlau, 2010, ISBN 978-3-412-20570-6 .
• Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens (Ed.): Immortal Voices. Singer lexicon. Francke, Bern 1982.
• Karl-Josef Kutsch, Leo Riemens (Hrsg.): Large singer lexicon . Supplementary volume [I]. Francke, Bern 1991, pp. 1133-1954.
• Lotz, Künstlerdiskographie, calls Wirls recordings at Vox from 1921.
• Manfred H. Grieb (Hrsg.): Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon. Munich 2007.
• Konstanze Rohm: “Always ready for anything” - On the musical dramaturgy in Ernst Krenek's opera Leben des Orestes. In: Niels Grosch (Hrsg.): Aspects of modern music theater in the Weimar Republic. Waxmann Verlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8309-1427-X , pp. 208-225.

Web links

• Literature by and about Erik Wirl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Erik Wirl in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
• Erik Wirl at filmportal.de
• Victor V. 6082-A

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erik Wirl in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
2. ↑ z. B. Johann Strauss Die Fledermaus , Oscar Straus Marietta , Edmund Eysler The Laughing Husband or Emmerich Kálmán The Circus Princess
3. ↑ z. B. Rhine and wine songs like Wilhelm Heisers greet me the blond child on the Rhine or Carl Beines ' Des Zechers Lust , and Viennese songs like Johann Sioly's Das hat Goethe wrote , Ralph Benatzky's I have to be in Grinzing again , Robert Stolz ' Vienna only becomes beautiful at night
4. ↑ z. B. with Marianne Alfermann [1] or Irene Eisinger
5. ↑ so he sang from the Richard-Oswald -Tonfilm Wien, du Stadt der Lieder (1930)
6. ↑ film portal
7. ↑ cf. Tamino Classic Forum
8. ↑ (BV 273) 1917
9. ↑ on October 21, 1919, also at the Frankfurt / Main Opera House under Gustav Brecher, cf. [2]
10. ↑ cf. [3]
11. ↑ cf. Karl Albert 2005 [4] on the author and [5] on the work
12. ↑ Libretto by Marcellus Schiffer , first performance on June 8, 1929 in the Kroll Opera House in Berlin.
13. ^ According to Brecht's will actually The Ocean Flight , earlier titles Der Lindberghflug and Der Flug der Lindberghs , cf. Explanations of the ocean flight . In: Bertolt Brecht: Writings on literature and art. Vol. I. Suhrkamp Verlag, pp. 128-131, and Radiotheorie
14. ↑ cf. Factory introduction [6]
15. ↑ See [7] . There is an audio sample [8]
16. ↑ Broadcast of the Berliner Funkstunde on March 18, 1930 with Fritz Düttbernd and Betty Mergler, cf. DRA [9] and ORF [10] "One of the most legendary pieces from the late 1920s is a cooperation between Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith based on a text by Bert Brecht ..."
17. ↑ Tobias Fasshauer archive link ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 753 kB) mentions the recording of Brecht / Eisler's Song von der Ware from 1931 with the tenor Erik Wirl and Bertolt Brecht as speakers 
18. ↑ This is The Dictator (1926), Heavyweight or The Honor of the Nation and The Secret Kingdom (both 1927), cf. Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and [11] 
19. ↑ cf. Correspondence with the Universal Edition p. 514 note 1
20. ^ At the side of Marie Schulz-Dornburg as Klytämnestra, Moje Forbach as Elektra and Käte Heidersbach as Iphigenie, Fritz Krenn played Orestes [12] .
21. ↑ http://www.encyclocine.com/index.shtml?menu=72608&film=1543
22. ↑ [13] or archive link ( memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
23. ↑ http://www.pro-web.eu/duo-phon-records/index.php
24. ↑ [14]
25. ↑ [15]
26. ↑ Details ( Memento of the original from June 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
27. ↑ Ext. content
28. ↑ Text on popular music (PDF; 1.1 MB)
29. ↑ [16] and Dismarc Googlebuch
30. ↑ [17]
31. ↑ [18] (PDF; 2.1 MB)

Remarks

1. ^ The baritone Eduard Schuegraf (* December 6, 1851 Munich, † December 14, 1928 Munich) worked there as a concert singer after his training in Munich. After further studies he was engaged at the Munich court opera in 1882/83. He also sang at the theater in Nuremberg, where he gave a recital on May 3, 1888, when he left. From 1889 to 1890 he was engaged at the Schwerin court theater . He also worked as a singing teacher. Cf. NKL 1/2007, Vol. 3. A picture by Schuegraf ( memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. can be seen here.