Heinrich Wiegand (singer)
Josef Anton Heinrich Wiegand (born September 9, 1842 in Fränkisch-Crumbach , Odenwald , † May 28, 1899 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German opera singer ( bass ).
Life
He sang in Zurich, Cologne, from 1873 to 1877 in Frankfurt am Main, 1877 in North America with the Adams-Pappenheim troupe, from 1878 to 1882 at the Leipzig City Theater, then at the Vienna Court Opera , from 1884 to 1890 at the Hamburg State Opera and finally at the Munich Court Opera . Wiegand took part in the Nibelungen performances in Berlin in 1881 and London in 1882, and sang Gurnemanz and King Marke in Bayreuth in 1886 . In 1897 he went mad.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Heinrich Wiegand . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 1121 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
Web links
- Heinrich Wiegand in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Heinrich Wiegand at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
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| SURNAME | Wiegand, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiegand, Josef Anton Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Franconian Crumbach , Odenwald |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 1899 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |