Fritz Blankenhorn (singer)

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Fritz Blankenhorn (born March 5, 1889 in Karlsruhe , † December 8, 1954 in Müllheim (Baden) ) was a German opera and operetta singer ( tenor ) and actor.

Life

He was u. a. engaged at the Großer Schauspielhaus Berlin and at the Meiningen Theater.

In Meiningen, Tosca with Agnes Wedekind and Fritz Blankenhorn was brilliantly reviewed.

He became particularly well-known for his role as Lieutenant von Hohenfels in the revue operetta Casanova (music by Ralph Benatzky , using the music by Johann Strauss (son) , text by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch), which he took part in and with the Comedian Harmonists premiered on September 3, 1928 in the Großes Schauspielhaus Berlin. Fritz Blankenhorn played the same role in the 1928 film adaptation of Casanova . There is also a gramophone record for this performance.

Pieces

  • 1920/1921: Tosca in Meiningen
  • 1928: Casanova ( Lieutenant von Hohenfels ) a. a. I love you with Anni Frind , Orchestra of the Great Playhouse Berlin under Ernst Hauke , DRA 92 U 5458 New edition as CD 2001 EAN 717281901499

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.meiningen.de/media/custom/888_3027_1.PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.meiningen.de  
  2. ↑ http://www.antenne.de/antenne/musik/stars/album.php?product_id=4640417_4  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.antenne.de  
  3. ↑ http://www.operetten-lexikon.info/?menu=15&lang=1
  4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ralph-benatzky.com
  5. ↑ Casanova (1928) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  6. ↑ His Master's Voice: the German catalog: a complete numerical catalog of German gramophone recordings made from 1898 to 1929 in Germany, Austria, and elsewhere by the Gramophone Company Ltd., page 513
  7. ^ The American record guide, Volume 42, Issues 1-6, 1978, p. 43.
  8. ↑ http://www.dra.de/online/hinweisdienste/musik/1999/pdf/strauss.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/o1TH_Wlt3pw/search/michael-bohnen
personal data
SURNAME Blankenhorn, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera and operetta singer (tenor) and actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1954
Place of death Muellheim (Baden)