Friedrich Plaschke
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Friedrich Plaschke , also Bedřich Plaške (born January 7, 1875 in Jaroměř ; † February 4, 1952 in Prague ) was a German-Czech opera singer ( bass baritone ).
Life
The son of a merchant made his debut in 1900 at the Dresden Court Opera as herald in Lohengrin . He remained a member of the ensemble until 1937. From January to April 1923, Plaschke and his wife were part of the 200-person Wagner Opera Festival Company , which performed at several venues in the USA under the direction of Leo Blech and Georg Hartmann .
His roles included Pöschel in Feuersnot , the First Nazarenes in Salome , Arcesius in d'Albert's Die toten Augen , Altair in Die ägyptische Helena , Graf Waldner ( Arabella ) and Morosus ( The silent woman ). He was the first actor in Barak ( The Woman Without a Shadow ), Gérard ( Andrea Chénier ), Boris Godunow and Amfortas ( Parsifal ) in Dresden.
He has also been a guest in the United States , at the Bayreuth Festival and at the Royal Opera House in London .
Plaschke was married to the singer Eva von der Osten (1881-1936).
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 774, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Plaschke, Friedrich. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 3. Edition. Volume 4. Saur, Munich 1997, p. 2755
Web links
Remarks
- ^ According to other information, 1951.
- ↑ El Paso Herald , El Paso, Texas, Feb.17, 1923, p. 8; The Boston Globe , Boston, Massachusetts, April 8, 1923, p. 68.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Plaschke, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plaške, Bedřich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 7, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jaroměř |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 1952 |
| Place of death | Prague |