Hans Herbert Fiedler

Hans Herbert Fiedler (born November 10, 1907 in Trieste , † February 14, 2004 in Munich ) was a German opera singer (bass) and actor. His best-known role was that of Moses in the world premiere of Arnold Schönberg's opera Moses and Aron in 1954. Fiedler was also considered a specialist in spoken word .

Life

Fiedler first studied German and acting at the University of Graz . In 1930 he made his debut at the Theater von Troppau in Bohemia (now Opava ), where he appeared in various roles until 1935. Then he went to the Volkstheater in Munich. From 1937 to 1940 he worked as a radio announcer for the Munich broadcaster. During this time he became interested in the opera and studied singing first in Munich and later with Moretti in Salzburg .

Fiedler made his operatic debut in 1940 at the Salzburg State Theater in the role of Papageno in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Magic Flute . He sang two seasons at the local opera house before moving to Aussig for the years 1942–1943. Next he became a member of the ensemble of the Bremen City Theater, where he sang from 1943 to 1953. After an engagement at the Stadttheater Mainz (1943-55), he shifted his focus more to the concert repertoire, although he continued to occasionally appear in stage works. His interpretation of the solo bass part in the German premiere of Bartók's Cantata Profana in Cologne in 1954 caused a sensation .

Fiedler also appeared regularly as a guest singer at various opera houses and at opera festivals. In 1947 he sang in several productions at the Düsseldorf Opera. In 1951 he took part in the world premiere of Hans Werner Henze's opera Ein Landarzt . On March 12, 1954, he sang the role of Moses in the world premiere of Schoenberg's Moses und Aron . This was initially performed in concert, but Fiedler was also on stage in the first scenic production in the Zurich Opera House on June 6, 1957. In 1955 he interpreted the Cardinal of Lorraine in Hans Pfitzner's Palestrina at the Salzburg Festival .

In 1965 Fiedler ended his active singing career and became a singing teacher at the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich.

repertoire

Fiedler's rich repertoire included German, Italian, French, Czech and Russian operas. His most successful stage roles included Count Almaviva in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro , the title role in Peter Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin , Rodrigo in Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos , Iago in Verdi's Otello , Scarpia in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca , and Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner , the title role in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunow and Jochanaan in Salome by Richard Strauss .

literature

• Kutsch, KJ; Riemens, Leo (1969). A concise biographical dictionary of singers: from the beginning of recorded sound to the present. Translated from German, expanded and annotated by Harry Earl Jones .. Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company. pp. 487pp. ISBN 0-8019-5516-5

Web links

• Hans Herbert Fiedler at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
• Sound carrier by Hans Herbert Fiedler in the catalog of the German National Library