Heinrich Sontheim
Heinrich Sontheim (born February 3, 1820 in Jebenhausen , † August 2, 1912 in Stuttgart ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).
Life
He was born into a Jewish family. His parents were Moses Loeb Sontheimer and Ruchele Rosenheim. Sontheim completed a vocal training in Stuttgart and was able to successfully debut in the role of " Pollione " at the age of 19 . His first appearance was at the court theater in Karlsruhe . Sontheim converted to Protestantism as a young man , but returned to Judaism after the death of his non-Jewish wife in 1847 .
Sontheim was later obliged to attend the court opera in Stuttgart , where he was able to participate in several sensational world premieres of works by Johann Joseph Abert ; Anna von Landeskron (1858), King Enzio (1862) and Astorga (1866).
Until the Franco-German War , Sontheim repeatedly made successful guest tours through Germany and Austria. After the war he officially ended his engagement there, but was still willing to perform on certain occasions. Sontheim gave his farewell performance in 1890 in the role of "Vasco da Gama".
Appointed a chamber singer and honorary member of the Stuttgarter Hofbühne, he withdrew into private life and died at the age of 92 on August 2, 1912 in Stuttgart. There he found his final resting place.
Roles (selection)
- Pollione - Norma ( Vincenzo Bellini )
- Vasco da Gama - The African Woman ( Giacomo Meyerbeer )
- Tamino - The Magic Flute ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart )
- Raoul - The Huguenots (Giacomo Meyerbeer)
- Max - Der Freischütz ( Carl Maria von Weber )
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, pp. 980 f., ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Walther Killy et al. a. (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , p. 377.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Aron Tanzer (1988). The history of the Jews in Jebenhausen and Göppingen. Weissenhorn, Germany: Anton H. Konrad Verlag. pp. 197-198, 378-379.
- ↑ Short biography of Heinrich Sontheim [PDF] (www.alemannia-judaica.de).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sontheim, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jebenhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1912 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |