Friedrich Dettmer

Friedrich Dettmer ( September 25, 1835 in Kassel - October 24, 1880 ) was a German stage actor and opera singer ( baritone ).

Life

Initially destined to be a piano virtuoso, Dettmer secretly went to the stage, which he first entered in Basel in 1852, and in 1853 received an engagement in Danzig.

After a short stay in Weimar (1855) and Hamburg (1855–56) he became a member of the Hofbühne zu Dresden in 1856 and then took another engagement in Hamburg (1859–1860) to return to the Dresden Court Theater in 1860, where he is now up to his death was very successful. He died on October 24, 1880 while studying a role for the piece Shy Work, scheduled for October 22, 1880 . Three days before his death he appeared as "Rodeck" in Charitable Women for the last time in front of his audience.

Dettmer remembered Emil Devrient , whose entire role he had acquired without copying it. He had a sonorous voice capable of modulation, a noble and characteristic posture and a natural, finely rounded playing. His main roles were " Hamlet ", " Egmont ", " Uriel ", " Wilhelm Tell ", "Posa", "Bolz", "Fiesco", "Richard II." Etc.

In his early days Dettmer also took part in the opera , for which a sympathetic baritone voice enabled him; he sang the " Barber of Seville ", " Papageno ", "Scherasmin", "Sinieon", "Don Juan" and the like. a.

His father was the opera singer Wilhelm Georg Dettmer , his son the actor Wilhelm Dettmer .

literature

Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 186 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Remarks

↑ To what extent these data are correct cannot be understood, Eisenberg also makes him 48 years old at the time of his death ( although only 48 [!] Years, he was at the height of matured, artistic effectiveness and was one of the most important German hero players. ) he was only 45 according to his life data.

personal data
SURNAME	Dettmer, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theater actor and opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 25, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	kassel
DATE OF DEATH	October 24, 1880

[1] To what extent these data are correct cannot be understood, Eisenberg also makes him 48 years old at the time of his death ( although only 48 [!] Years, he was at the height of matured, artistic effectiveness and was one of the most important German hero players. ) he was only 45 according to his life data.