Fritz Schrödter

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Fritz Schrödter, 1900

Fritz Schrödter (born March 15, 1855 in Leipzig , † January 15, 1924 in Vienna ) was a German operetta and opera singer (tenor).

Life

Fritz Schrödter originally wanted to be a painter and attended the art academy in Düsseldorf , but the desire to go to the theater exceeded this interest and so he joined the choir of the Cologne theater . He studied in Cologne and after performing in Hamburg and Bremen he came to Berlin at the Friedrich-Wilhelmstädtische Theater , where his tenor was discovered.

At the suggestion of Johann Strauss , he came to the Deutsches Theater in Budapest as an operetta singer , from where he was finally engaged at the Theater an der Wien . After becoming a member of the Ringtheater in 1877 , he accepted a call to the German State Theater in Prague . Here he made his debut as Morasquin in Giroflé-Girofla and initially only sang in operettas, but the director of the house noticed his voice, who subsequently made him sing more and more important operatic roles.

In 1885 Schrödter appeared as a guest at the Vienna Court Opera and in the same year became a member of the Court Opera, of which he was a member until 1915. For his achievements he was awarded the title of chamber singer , in 1910 he was made an honorary member of the Vienna Court Opera . At the turn of the century he owned a beautiful villa in Prein an der Rax, later known as “Villa Hermannswörth”.

Schrödter died eight weeks before his 69th birthday on January 15, 1924 in Vienna and found his final resting place in the Evangelical Simmering Cemetery (VIII, Av. 51/52).

Roles (selection)

literature

  • Michael Wolf, Klaus Edel: Selected celebrity graves at the Evangelical Cemetery Simmering. An introduction to the history of the cemetery and a guide to selected celebrity graves, published by Evangelischer Presseverband in Österreich, Vienna 2000.
  • Felix Czeike: Historical Lexicon Vienna. Vienna 1995, p. 148
  • Ludwig Eisenberg: Large Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the XIX. Century. Leipzig 1903, p. 926 f. ( Digitized version )
  • Uwe Harten : Schroedter, Fritz. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-7001-3046-5 .

Web links

Fritz Schrödter Sound recording from the archive of the Austrian Media Library : ("Here in the heart loyal to the heart" from Carmen )

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Schrödter, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German operetta and opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1924
Place of death Vienna