Hans Siewert (singer)

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Hans Siewert ( November 26, 1872 in Córdoba , Argentina - March 31, 1941 in Berlin ) was a German pharmacist, opera singer (tenor) and director.

Life

Siewert, the son of chemistry professor Hermann Siewert of the National University of Córdoba , came to Germany in 1876/77. There he studied pharmacy and then worked as a pharmacist in Wroclaw.

When people there noticed his beautiful voice, he was trained in Breslau by the pedagogue Paul. He made his debut at the Cologne Opera House in 1899. He stayed there until 1903 and then went to the Breslau Opera House until 1908. From 1909 to 1911 he was engaged at the City Theater of Hamburg, from 1911 to 1916 at the Court Theater of Karlsruhe, from 1916 to 1917 at the City Theater of Essen and from 1919 to 1923 at the City Theater of Königsberg (East Prussia). There he worked mainly in the character field and later as a director.

Guest performances have taken him to the court operas in Munich (1901), Vienna (1904), Dresden (1905) and Stuttgart (1916), Frankfurt am Main (1901), Leipzig (1903) and the Berlin Theater des Westens (1903). In 1932 he became a member of the NSDAP.

Grave of Hans Siewert in the Zehlendorf cemetery

He was also valued as a concert and oratorio singer. His voice has been preserved on HMV records from 1908.

He was married to the Jewish concert singer Frida Siewert (born Michels, 1880–1953). The couple had a daughter, journalist, writer and singer Eva Siewert , who was born in Breslau in 1907. The marriage was divorced in Hamburg in 1911.

Hans Siewert died in Berlin in 1941 at the age of 68. His grave is in the Zehlendorf cemetery .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Max Siewert y el origen de la química en Salta (Spanish)
  2. ↑ a b Raimund Wolfert: Eva Siewert (1907-1994). Kurt Hiller's "sister in spirit". In: Lambda News . tape 37 , no. 162 . Berlin May 1, 2015, p. 48 .
  3. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende : Lexicon of Berlin burial places . Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1 , p. 679.
personal data
SURNAME Siewert, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist, opera singer (tenor) and director
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Cordoba , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1941
Place of death Berlin