Hans Grahl
Hans Grahl (born March 30, 1895 in Braunschweig , † August 31, 1966 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer with a tenor voice .
Life
Grahl was born in 1895 as the son of the opera singer Maximilian Grahl . After finishing high school, he took up the profession of druggist in Braunschweig. He took part in the First World War as a volunteer and was honored with the Cross of Honor. After the end of the war Grahl studied singing in Dresden . He had his first appearance at the Leipzig City Theater . Engagements brought him to Weimar and Darmstadt before he sang for the first time at the Hamburg State Opera on February 12, 1929 and became a member of the ensemble from 1930. With a gross of 2500 Reichsmarks a month, Grahl was the highest paid member of the house, artistic director and general music director included. In 1936 he was awarded the title of chamber singer . He also performed abroad, including at the Salzburg Festival, in Philadelphia and in Vienna.
On May 4, 1937, the Hamburg District Court , presided over by Judge Riebow, sentenced him to six months' imprisonment for continuing violations of Section 175 . Grahl was serving his sentence in Glasmoor Prison . Karl Strohm , director of the Hamburg State Opera, advocated early release. Grahl and his wife Claire Falke's appeals for clemency were successful. A remaining sentence of 61 days was waived.
Grahl never appeared again in Hamburg after his release from prison. He emigrated to Czechoslovakia , where he worked at the Deutsches Theater in Prague until 1939 . He then sang in Breslau until 1945 . After the Second World War Grahl went to Berlin, where he performed several times and worked as a singing teacher. Grahl died on August 31, 1966 at the age of 71 in Berlin.
literature
- Bernhard Rosenkranz, Gottfried Lorenz : Hamburg on other ways . Lambda Edition
- Grahl, Hans. In: Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . 3rd edition 1997-2000, Vol. 2, p. 1383.
Individual evidence
- ↑ taz: "The pursuit continued seamlessly"
- ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt: Silent Voices: Homosexual Nazi Victims at the Opera
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grahl, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1966 |
| Place of death | Berlin |