Helmut Tromm

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Helmut Tromm (born July 8, 1943 in Koblenz ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Tromm comes from a musical family. His father was active in the choir. Helmut Tromm initially trained as a ceramic modeler. As a career changer, he then completed private vocal training with K. Kaltbeitzer-Hirsch in Koblenz. At the Koblenz Theater he initially worked in the opera choir and took on small solo roles. From the 1971/72 season until the end of the 1975/76 season he was engaged as a lyric tenor at the Saarbrücken State Theater , where he made his debut with Rodolfo in La Bohème .

From 1976 until his retirement he was engaged as a tenor soloist at the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater in Flensburg . Tromm worked at the Flensburg Theater for 33 years without interruption. Even after his retirement in 2008 he still performed there in small roles, including a. from January to July 2010 as Anna's high priest in Jesus Christ Superstar . In December 2005 he was awarded the title Kammersänger by the Schleswig-Holsteinisches Landestheater Flensburg for his artistic merits by decision of the general manager Michael Grosse's general meeting . He was also made an honorary member of the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater in Flensburg.

At the beginning of his engagement in Flensburg, Tromm sang mainly the lyric tenor subject, especially in the Italian repertoire (Alfredo in La Traviata , Rodolfo in La Bohème, etc.). Later he took over the role of the youthful dramatic tenor and the youthful heroic tenor in both German and Italian. Finally he also worked on the difficult German subject (Wagner / Strauss). Over many seasons he made a name for himself in Flensburg as a Verdi interpreter. His stage roles included u. a. Don José in Carmen , Florestan in Fidelio (including a new production in the 1988/89 season; premiere: February 1989), Radames in Aida , Cavaradossi in Tosca and Herodes in Salome .

In the 1982/83 season he was the title hero in a new production of the opera Hoffmanns Erzählungen (premiere: September 1982); in this production Grit van Jüten (as Giulietta / Antonia) was his partner. In the 1983/84 season he sang Matteo in a new production of the opera Arabella (premiere: September 1983). During the season he took on the title role in the Verdi opera Don Carlo (première: February 1984) in Italian, where he impressed with his “belkantesque vocal lines”. In the 1984/85 season he sang Manrico in a new production of Verdi's opera Il trovatore (premiere: September 1984) in Italian. In the 1985/86 season he took on the role of Adolar in a new production of the opera Euryanthe (premiere: September 1985). In the 1986/87 season he sang the role of Macduff in the Flensburg premiere of Verdi's opera Macbeth . In the 1986/87 season he was also the knight Hugo von Ringstetten in a new production of the Lortzing opera Undine (premiere: May 1987). In the 1987/88 season he sang the title role in a new production of the opera Andrea Chénier (premiere: November 1987). He “proved himself with this role in the Italian hero field”, sang with “good phrasing and clear diction”, whereby in addition to the expressive outbursts he was particularly successful in the enthusiastic-lyrical passages. In the 1987/88 season he also sang Alvaro in a new production of Verdi's opera La forza del destino (premiere: February 1988). In the 1988/89 season he took over the role of Rodolfo again in a new production of Puccini's opera La Bohème ; Tromm "designed a reliable Rudolf with impressive highs, but sometimes a bit too tight in terms of sound". In the 1989/90 season he sang Gabriele Adorno in a new production of Verdi's opera Simone Boccanegra . At the opening of the 1990/91 season he took on the title role in a new production of Verdi's opera Otello (premiere: September 1990) and "crowned his long-standing rapprochement with Verdi"; his Othello "never seemed forced or braced, but also remained remarkably slim in emphasis". In the 1990/91 season he was also cast as Max in a new production of the opera Der Freischütz (premiere: February 1991). In the 1990/91 season he also sang Henri in Der Mantel (premiere: April 1991), where he was able to once again draw attention to himself with “heroic material” as a long-time “supporter of the ensemble”. In the 1991/92 season he sang a "convincing" Erik in a new production of Wagner's opera Der Fliegende Holländer "with a confident and clear voice" . In June 1992 he was the Dr. Cajus in the Falstaff nine production, the last premiere of the 1991/92 season and farewell production of the then Flensburg artistic director Hans-Dieter Sundermann (†), and made a “good figure” in one role. In the 1993/94 season he took on the title role in Wagner's Tannhäuser ; Tromm sang "with a very slender voice leading a brightly timed Tannhauser laid out in a Belcantesque line". In the 1994/95 season he was the "bright-voiced" prince in "proven Flensburg quality" in a new production of the opera Rusalka (premiere: September 1994). In the 1995/96 season he took on the role of Karl in the rarely performed Verdi opera Die Räuber (premiere: May 1996) in a new production in German.

As a long-time member of the ensemble, Tromm also took on numerous smaller roles: Officer / Scaramuccio in Ariadne auf Naxos (season 1980/81; premiere: September 1980), high priest of Poseidon in Idomeneo (season 1984/85; premiere: May 1986), man with the donkey in Die Kluge (season 1985/86; premiere: June 1986) and singer in Der Rosenkavalier (season 1989/90; premiere: September 1989).

In the later phase of his career he also took on pure character roles. In the 2000/01 season he sang Shuisky in Boris Godunow (premiere: December 2000). His character roles included u. a. also the elderly husband Jason in George Antheil's first opera Transatlantic in the 2001/02 season. In the 2007/08 season he sang the captain in Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck , whom he drew as a dramatically present figure, although "occasionally a bit free in handling the sheet music".

As a guest he appeared u. a. in Bucharest , Hamburg (inter alia in the 1985/86 concert season at the carnival operetta concert with the choir and NDR symphony orchestra with melodies by Jacques Offenbach ) and at the stages of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck (inter alia in the 1992/93 season as Rodrigo in Otello and in the season 1994/95 as Walther von der Vogelweide in Tannhäuser ). In the 1985/86 season he made a guest appearance "with a strong, expressive tenor" at the Staatstheater Oldenburg as a cavalier in Cardillac . In July 1987 he was a guest at the Eutin Summer Festival as Ismaele in Nabucco . In February 1988 he sang in the music hall Hamburg at the carnival concert of the "concertante opera Hamburg" the singing teacher Alfred in a semi-staged performance of the Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus . In the summer of 1989 he took over Don Alvaro in Verdi's opera Die Macht des Schicksals at the 39th Eutin Summer Games .

Helmut Tromm lives in Meyn .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f From the Mastersingers to the stage . Portrait. From shz.de on June 16, 2010. Retrieved October 6, 2016
  2. ↑ THEATER ARCHIVE STAATSTHEATER SAARBRÜCKEN: PREMIER AND ENSEMBLE ARCHIVE OF THE MUSIC THEATER from 1956. Accessed October 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b Ks. Helmut Tromm Entry in: Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 2010 . P. 473. Excerpts from Google Books . Retrieved October 6, 2016
  4. ↑ Jesus Christ Superstar . Cast at Musicalzentrale.de. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b Helmut Tromm was awarded the honorary title of Kammersänger on December 25th in Flensburg by resolution of the shareholders' meeting by General Director Michael Grosse . In: Opera & Dance . Edition 2005/2.
  6. ^ Ensemble: honorary members of the theater . Official website of the Flensburg Theater. Retrieved October 7, 2016
  7. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Oeser prevails. Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue November 1982. Page 50/51.
  8. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Reduction with profit. Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue November 1983. Pages 44/45.
  9. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Original language as a disguise of motivation. Performance review. In: Opera world . April 1984 edition. Page 30.
  10. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Blossom dreams and autumn leaves. Performance review. In: Opera world . December 1984 edition. Page 39.
  11. ↑ Michael Arndt: Rousing music made . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue October 10, 1985. Page 775/776
  12. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Antiquated opera gestures on the garbage dump. Performance review. In: Opera world . April 1987 edition. Page 37/38.
  13. ↑ Gerhart Asche: To speak to Lortzing, "passable". Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue July 1987. page 49.
  14. ↑ K. Hartmann: FLENSBURG / NEUMÜNSTER: ANDRÉ CHENIER . Performance review. In: Opera glasses . Issue February 2, 1988. Page 28.
  15. ↑ Gerhart Asche: The Verdi world in order again. Performance review. In: Opera world . April 1988 edition. Page 27.
  16. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Rather matt. Performance review. In: Opera world . Edition December 1988. page 38.
  17. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Musically a well-rounded achievement. Performance review. In: Opera world . Issued January 1990. page 22.
  18. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Solid work - and sometimes more than that. Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue November 1990. page 42.
  19. ↑ Gerhard Asche: Once again there is positive news from the Flensburg Orchestra . Performance review. In: Opera world . Edition April 1991, page 30.
  20. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Reduced to the 'Diptych' . Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue June 1991. Page 53/54.
  21. ↑ Gerhard Asche: An all-round successful evening . Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue November 1991. Page 35.
  22. ↑ Ingeborg Kalkus: THE DEADLINE IS OVER . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue March 3, 1992. Page 22.
  23. ↑ Ingeborg Kalkus: FINALE . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue August 8, 1992. Page 23/24.
  24. ↑ Gerhart Asche: A real ensemble theater . Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue November 1993. page 45.
  25. ↑ Gerhart Asche: Dream of the Prince Charming . Performance review. In: Opera world . Issue November 1994. Page 43.
  26. ↑ Gerhart Asche: A touch of Iago . Performance review. In: Opera world . Edition July 1996. Page 54.
  27. ↑ Detlef Brandenburg: Alban Berg's Wozzeck at the Flensburg House on the stage of the State Theater . Performance review. In: The German stage . Edition 11/2007. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
  28. ↑ Wolfgang Denker: Power of Gold . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue June 6, 1986. Page 472/473.
  29. ↑ Wolfgang Denker: Wet joys . Performance reviews for the Eutin Summer Festival 1987. In: Orpheus . Issue 13, November 1987. Festival booklet. Page 1078/1079.
  30. ↑ Frieder Beer / Jo Heinsson: CONCERTANT MUSIC HALL REVIEW . Performance reviews. In: Orpheus . Issue September 9, 1988. Page 705/706.
  31. ↑ Wolfgang Denker: 39th EUTINE SUMMERSPIELE . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue 13, November 1989. Festival booklet. Page 1053/1054.
personal data
SURNAME Drum, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH July 8, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz