Gustav Neidlinger

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Gustav Neidlinger (born March 21, 1910 in Mainz , † December 26, 1991 in Bad Ems ) was a German opera singer ( bass baritone ).

Life

The role of Alberich in the Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner (Alberich is the "Nibelung" mentioned in the title of the tetralogy ) is considered a prime role by Neidlinger. He has sung this part many times on stage and on record . His interpretations of the title role in The Flying Dutchman , of Klingsor in Parsifal , Pizarro in Fidelio and Iago in Otello have a similar reputation in the opera scene.

In addition to "demonic" roles and rogue roles, in which Neidlinger was very popular, he also appeared in completely different roles. Like the inflated, involuntarily comical mayor van Bett in Lortzings Zar und Zimmermann , his age-wise Hans Sachs in the Meistersingern , the title role in Verdi's Falstaff or Colonel Ollendorf in Millöcker's Der Bettelstudent (“Oh, I just kissed her on the shoulder ... ").

He received his training as a singer at the Conservatory Frankfurt am Main , in 1931 he made his debut at the Stadttheater Mainz , where he worked until 1934. He worked at the Hamburg State Opera from 1935 to 1950. From 1950 he was a member of the ensemble of the Stuttgart State Opera , since 1977 honorary member. From 1956 he was also a member of the Vienna State Opera . He has appeared on all the leading opera stages, including Paris , Milan , London , Edinburgh and New York . He played fifteen seasons at the Bayreuth Festival , as Alberich, as well as Telramund ( Lohengrin ), Kurwenal ( Tristan and Isolde ) and Klingsor (Parsifal), in the Meistersinger he gave the shoemaker-poet Hans Sachs and the master baker Kothner, but also took the mini role of the night watchman. He also worked as a song and oratorio singer.

His grave is in the Stuttgart-Sillenbuch cemetery.

Honors

Discography

selection

  • CD Edition Gustav Neidlinger - Hamburg Archive for Singing Art (three CDs: Wagner, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Weber, Marschner, Lortzing, Flotow, Verdi, R. Strauss, Offenbach, Millöcker, Orff)
  • Bass part in JS Bach: Mass in B minor . Vienna 1959, Dir .: Hermann Scherchen (Deutsche Grammophon).
  • Jules Massenet: Manon . 1950, Dir .: Wilhelm Schüchter (Myto).
  • Van Bett in Albert Lortzing: Tsar and Carpenter . Stuttgart 1952, Dir .: Ferdinand Leitner (Deutsche Grammophon).
  • Ollendorf in Carl Millöcker: The begging student (cross section), Dir .: Werner Schmidt-Bölcke.
  • WA .Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro . Vienna, Dir .: Clemens Krauss (Preiser).
  • Masetto in WA Mozart: Don Giovanni . NDR Hamburg 1951, Dir .: Leopold Ludwig (Urania).
  • Tramp in Carl Orff: The clever one . London 1956, Dir .: Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI).
  • Richard Strauss: Daphne . NDR, Dir .: Arthur Grüber (Myto).
  • Colonna in Richard Wagner: Rienzi . Stuttgart 1957, Dir .: Lovro von Matacic (Living Stage).
  • Telramund in Richard Wagner: Lohengrin . Scala Milano 1965, Dir .: Wolfgang Sawallisch (Living Stage).
  • Kurwenal in Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde . Bayreuth 1953, cond .: Eugen Jochum (melodrama).
  • Kurwenal in Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde. Holland Festival The Hague 1959, Dir .: Ferdinand Leitner (Myto).
  • Kurwenal in Richard Wagner: Tristan and Isolde. State Opera Stuttgart 1973, Dir .: Carlos Kleiber (Living Stage).
  • Kothner in Richard Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg . 1956, Dir .: Rudolf Kempe (EMI).
  • Hans Sachs in Richard Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg. Buenos Aires 1968, Dir .: Ferdinand Leitner (Living Stage).
  • Alberich in Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold . RAI 1953, Dir .: Wilhelm Furtwängler (EMI).
  • Alberich in Richard Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelung ( Das Rheingold , Siegfried and Götterdämmerung ). Bayreuth 1953, director: Clemens Krauss (gala); 1955, Dir .: Joseph Keilberth (will); 1956 and 1957, Dir .: Hans Knappertsbusch (melodrama); 1967 Dir .: Karl Böhm (Philips).
  • Alberich in Richard Wagner: The Ring of the Nibelung. Vienna 1958, 1962, 1964. Dir .: Georg Solti (Decca).
  • Klingsor in Richard Wagner: Parsifal . Bayreuth 1954. Dir .: Hans Knappertsbusch (melodrama).
  • Klingsor in Richard Wagner: Parsifal. Bayreuth 1962. Dir .: Hans Knappertsbusch (Philips).

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SURNAME Neidlinger, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (bass baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1991
Place of death Bad Ems