Gotthard Kronstein
Gotthard Kronstein (born January 14, 1927 in Kotzenau , Lower Silesia , † June 2, 1997 in Hanover ) was a German opera singer ( baritone ) and theater director .
Life
Born in the Weimar Republic , Gotthard Kronstein attended the elementary and higher commercial school in Glogau an der Oder during the Nazi era and a “ special qualification course ” in the Prussian Königsberg during World War II . As a youth he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1945 and became a prisoner of war .
Not even of legal age , Kronstein came to the city of Hanover, 48 percent of which was destroyed by the war in air raids , where he was employed at the Hanover Labor Office from 1946 to 1947 as a clerk for youth issues.
From 1947 to 1949 he took over the chairmanship of the “Young People's Club” initiated by Theanolte Bähnisch and the Hanoverian Adult Education Center. At the same time, Kronstein was able to begin his studies from 1947, first in economics , law and psychology at the Technical University of Hanover , in order to then take courses in stage law and theater economics at the University of Cologne . In 1956 he passed his commercial diploma .
While still a student in Hanover, Kronstein took private singing lessons with Irmel Holzapfel and Laurenz Hofer, who ran a singing studio with his wife Greta Hofer . Gotthard Kronstein received several awards in vocal performances parallel to his studies, in Munich , in Vercelli , Italy and - with the 1st prize as a baritone - in 1956 in Verviers, Belgium . Until 1968 he had engagements as a singer in Basel , Braunschweig and Essen .
From 1969 to 1975 Kronstein took over the management of three companies belonging to his first wife's family.
In 1982 he married the opera singer Hildegard Uhrmacher.
From 1975 to 1989 Kronstein headed the Theater am Aegi . In 1975 he joined the Hanover Art Association and took over its chairmanship from 1982 to 1993, succeeding Reimar Dahlgrün . In 1982 he became a managing board member of the International Music Academy for Soloists (IMAS) in Hanover.
Records
- Franz Schubert : Mass in E flat major , Hannoversche Chorgemeinschaft, Göttinger Symphonie Orchester , Hanover 1983; Concert recording in 1982 in the large broadcasting hall of the NDR Hanover.
literature
- Hildegard Kronstein-Uhrmacher: Hilde, you can do it . Leuenhagen and Paris, Hannover 2006, ISBN 3-923976-55-0
- Kronstein, Gotthard. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens (ed.): Großes Sängerlexikon , 3rd edition 1997, vol. 3, p. 1924
- Hugo Thielen : Kronstein, Gotthard. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 214.
- Hugo Thielen: Kronstein, Gotthard. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 372f.
Web links
- Gotthard Kronstein at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Literature by and about Gotthard Kronstein in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Hugo Thielen : Kronstein, Gotthard. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 214
- ^ Klaus Mlynek : Second World War. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 694 f.
- ^ Hugo Thielen: Hofer, Greta. In: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 174
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kronstein, Gotthard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (baritone) and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kotzenau , Lower Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1997 |
| Place of death | Hanover |