Gerd Brenneis
Gerd Brenneis (born January 3, 1936 in Nienhagen , Mecklenburg ; † March 13, 2003 in Güstrow ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
Brenneis was hired by the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1974 to join its ensemble, of which he was a member until 1996. Here he was on stage in 174 performances. Under Eugen Jochum he sang Walther von Stolzing in the Meistersinger , Tannhäuser under Jesús López Cobos , Siegfried , Parsifal , Rienzi and Lohengrin , Max im Freischütz , Florestan in Fidelio , Bacchus in Ariadne auf Naxos and the Kaiser in Die Frau ohne Schatten .
He also made a name for himself in the heroic roles of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss on international opera stages, including the Vienna State Opera , La Scala in Milan , the Metropolitan Opera New York and the Bayreuth Festival . However, his artistic home always remained the Deutsche Oper Berlin . Brenneis died after a serious illness.
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Third, expanded edition. KG Saur, Munich 1999. Volume 1: Aarden – Davis , pp. 446–447.
Web links
- Gerd Brenneis in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Gerd Brenneis at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Gerd Brenneis Detailed biography with many pictures
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlin chamber singer Gerd Brenneis is dead . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 13, 2003
- ↑ Berliner Morgenpost, March 26, 2003
Remarks
- ↑ Kutsch / Riemens give 1936 as the year of birth. Several newspaper reports on the occasion of his death (such as Berliner Kammersänger Gerd Brenneis is dead . In: Berliner Zeitung , March 13, 2003) reported, however, that Gerd Brenneis had died at the age of 73.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brenneis, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nienhagen , Mecklenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 2003 |
| Place of death | Guestrow |