Fritz Soot
Friedrich Wilhelm Soot (born August 20, 1878 in Wellesweiler ; † June 9, 1965 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Soot became a member of the ensemble at the Grand Ducal Court Theater in Karlsruhe early on . At the same time he studied singing between 1900 and 1907 and made his official debut in the role of Tonio in 1908. In 1909 he also took part in the sensational world premiere of Richard Strauss ' Elektra at the Dresden Court Opera .
After the First World War Soot was engaged at the Stuttgart State Theater . There he was able to make a name for himself as a Richard Wagner interpreter. Between 1922 and 1944 Soot was considered the "star" of the Berlin State Opera . At the same time, he had regular appearances at the Sopot Summer Festival between 1924 and 1931 .
In the winter of 1924/25 Soot made an extremely successful guest appearance at the Covent Garden Theater in London . In 1935 he was brought to the State Opera in Berlin as "Director of the Artistic Operations Office". In 1941 he worked in the Zarah Leander film The Way to the Free as a “singer at the rehearsal” (Zarah Leander played an opera singer).
After the Second World War , Soot appeared again as a singer from 1946 to 1952, but could not quite build on his earlier successes.
In the winter of 1952/53 Soot gave his farewell performance and withdrew from the public. Ten weeks before his 87th birthday, Fritz Soot died on June 9, 1965 in Berlin, where he found his final resting place.
Roles (selection)
- Tonio - The daughter of the regiment ( Gaetano Donizetti )
- Mephistofeles - Doctor Faust ( Ferruccio Busoni )
- Servant - Elektra ( Richard Strauss )
- Drum major - Wozzeck ( Alban Berg )
- Asmodi - The Heart ( Hans Pfitzner )
- Hoffmann - Hoffmann's Tales ( Jacques Offenbach )
- Speaker of the Judgment of the Dead - The Condemnation of Lucullus ( Paul Dessau )
literature
- Walther Killy et al. a. (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , p. 377.
Web links
- Klaus Ulrich Spiegel: "May I call myself a master ..." The interesting dramatic tenor Fritz Soot
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SURNAME | Soot, Fritz |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Soot, Friedrich Wilhelm |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1878 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wellesweiler |
DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1965 |
Place of death | Berlin |