Eugen Degele

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Eugen Degele, photography by Hanns Hanfstaengel

Paul Eugen Degele (born July 4, 1834 in Munich , † July 26, 1886 in Dresden ) was a German opera singer with a baritone voice .

Life

Grave of Eugen Degele in the Loschwitz cemetery
Degele monument in Dresden

Degele was born in Munich as the son of court orchestra singers Franz Xaver Degele and Maria Anna Thekla Degele (1791–1868). His maternal grandfather was the opera singer Johann Valesi . He attended the Königliche Alte Gymnasium in Munich, where he learned to play the violin. Karl Schönchen and Peter Schönchen were among his teachers . Degele initially wanted to become a doctor, which he gave up in favor of music. One reason for this was the father's blindness, which meant that Degele had to actively contribute to the family support. From 1852 he worked as a violinist with the Munich court orchestra . At the same time he took singing lessons from Ernst Friedrich Diez and Alois Bayer in Munich. In 1853 he made his theatrical debut in the baritone role of Richard in Die Puritaner at the Munich Hofbühne. Through King Ludwig I. he received a scholarship for further training at the Stuttgart Theater School, where he was taught by Jakob Rauscher (1800–1866).

In 1855 and 1856 Degele was repeatedly cast in smaller opera and theater roles at the Munich court theater and appeared for the first time in 1856 after an engagement by Heinrich Marschner as a lapel in Huguenots at the Royal Theater in Hanover. Until 1861 he could be seen in numerous roles and became a crowd favorite. Composer Marschner described him as "the best singer of his operas".

A guest performance in Dresden in 1861 was followed in the same year by a permanent engagement at the Dresden Court Theater . Here he was seen in numerous important roles, including Don Juan, Tell, Orest, Heiling, Dutchman, Templar, Vampyr, Wolfram, Beckmesser and Hunter. However, he was not only active as a stage, but also as a concert singer. He regularly went on tour, so in 1857 to the Stuttgart and Munich court theaters, 1859 to Hamburg and Bremen, 1864 to Hanover and Leipzig, in 1866 to Königsberg and 1869 to Breslau. In 1873 he made guest appearances in the role of Friedrich von Telramund in Lohengrin at the Vienna State Opera . He also composed numerous songs that also appeared in print. In 1875 Degele was appointed Saxon chamber singer. In Dresden he was a member of the Masonic lodge Zum golden Apfel .

Degele first lived in Dresden at Marienstraße 22, where he was listed in the city's address book as a royal court, opera and church singer. Once on the Amalienstraße he lived in 1863 9, he lived from 1864 to 1877 on the Ostraallee 17a and 1878-1881 third on the Maxstraße He retired in 1882 in the Villa Bautzner Straße 68, today Bautzner Landstrasse 50, the name Villa Degele bears . During his time on the White Deer he was also active as a representative of the community.

Degele fell ill with a nervous disorder and finally had to say goodbye on stage in 1885. He died the following year in Dresden and was buried in the Loschwitz cemetery . To this day, the Villa Degele is used as a pastor's apartment by the Protestant church, as Degele determined in his will.

Correspondence with, among others, Ernst von Schuch , Max Schloss and Julius Rietz are owned by SLUB Dresden . In the State Archive of Baden-Wuerttemberg is Degeles personnel files received from his Stuttgart period.

Degele's daughter Emilia Thekla "Mary" married the wealthy Fritz Ehrenbaum in 1885, who worked in the banking industry but died early. Their son, Hans Ehrenbaum-Degele, was Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's partner .

Commemoration

Degele spring in Dresden

In the Dresden district of Oberloschwitz , Degelestrasse is a reminder of him. There is a memorial stone for the singer on the back of the property of his house at Bautzner Landstrasse 50, on Degelestrasse. The Degele spring in Stechgrund ( Dresdner Heide ), built in 1884, bears Deegel 's name because he donated the source.

Works (selection)

Degele composed various songs that appeared in print, including:

  • 1860: Three chants: for a lower voice with obbligato V. u. Klav.-level .; op. 10; Hoffarth, Dresden
  • 1875: The silent water rose: poem by E. Geibel; for a lower voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte - edition 1
  • 1875: The bright sun shines: poem by F. Bodenstedt; op. 9 - issue 2
  • 1875: To ...: poem by Lenau; op. 9 - issue 3
  • 1875: Gone !: Poem by Carl Bieber; op. 9 - issue 4

literature

Web links

Commons : Eugen Degele  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Eugen Degele . In: Ludwig Eisenberg : Ludwig Eisenberg's Great Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 180.
  2. ^ Hugo Riemann: Music Lexicon . 2nd volume. 1916, pp. 1164-1165. There, however, information dated 1811.
  3. ^ Annual report from the Royal Old Gymnasium in Munich . K. Central-Schulbücherverlag, Munich [1847], pp. 32–33.
  4. ^ Hermann Mendel: Musikalisches Conversations-Lexikon: an encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences for educated people of all classes . Volume 3. List & Francke, Leipzig 1890.
  5. ↑ Lohengrin on db-staatsoper.die-response.eu.
  6. ^ Address and business manual of the royal capital and residence city of Dresden , 1862, p. 32.
  7. ^ Address and business manual of the royal capital and residence city of Dresden . 1868, p. 42.
  8. ↑ a b Eugen Degele . In: Local association Loschwitz (ed.): Artists on the Dresden Elbhang. Volume 2. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2007, p. 33.
  9. ↑ Manuscript overview Rietz and Schloss as well as von Schuch in the SLUB.
  10. ↑ Personnel files for Degele, Eugen; Singing pupil  in the German Digital Library
  11. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau on deutsche-kinemathek.de
personal data
SURNAME Degele, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Degele, Paul Eugen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer with a baritone voice
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH July 26, 1886
Place of death Dresden