Friedrich Weidemann
Friedrich Weidemann (born January 1, 1871 in Ratzeburg , † January 30, 1919 in Vienna ) was a German opera singer ( baritone ).
Life
Weidemann was trained in Hamburg with Wilhelm Vilmar and Berlin with Conrad Muschler. He made his debut in 1896 at the Stadttheater in Brieg / Silesia, sang in Essen in 1897, in Hamburg from 1898 to 1901 and in Riga from 1901 to 1903. From 1903 ( engaged by Gustav Mahler ) until his death he was a member of the Vienna Court Opera .
Especially in the Wagner subject (including Amfortas in the Vienna premiere of Parsifal in 1914 ), but z. B. also in the title role of Mozart's Don Giovanni and as Orest in R. Strauss' Elektra as well as in world premieres of operas by J. Bittner, Fr. Schmidt etc. successful. Weidemann made guest appearances in Berlin in 1908, in London in 1910, in Zurich in 1917 and also performed as a concert singer (including in the 1905 premiere of Mahler's Kindertotenlieder , 1912 in his Lied von der Erde in the first version for tenor and baritone solo) .
He was buried in the Dornbacher Friedhof in Vienna. Grave already abandoned.
literature
- David Cummings: Weidemann, Friedrich. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1101 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Uwe Harten : Weidemann, Friedrich. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
- Wilhelm Kosch (Ed.): German Theater Lexicon . Volume 5: Uber – Weisbach. Saur, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-907820-40-1 , p. 3079.
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 4th edition. Volume 7. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 , p. 4995 ( limited preview in Google book search).
Web links
- Friedrich Weidemann's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
- Friedrich Weidemann at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Friedrich Weidemann at gustav-mahler.eu
- Friedrich Weidemann Sound recording from the archive of the Austrian Media Library : ("Wotan's Farewell" from Die Walküre )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weidemann, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ratzeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1919 |
| Place of death | Vienna |