Hermann Winkelmann
Hermann Winkelmann , actually Hans Emil Friedrich Winkelmann (born March 8, 1847 in Braunschweig , † January 18, 1912 in Mauer near Vienna ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).
Live and act
Hermann Winkelmann, the son of the founder of the Braunschweig piano factory Zeitter & Winkelmann , Christian Ludewig Theodor Winkelmann , received his first engagements at various German theaters in 1875 after completing his training. In 1882 he was signed by Richard Wagner as the first Parsifal for the world premiere in Bayreuth and from then on sang regularly at the Bayreuth Festival , for example the Tannhauser . From 1883 to 1906 he worked as a hero tenor at the Vienna State Opera . In 1883 he was the first Tristan in a production by the Vienna State Opera. In the years 1880 to 1892 Winkelmann also appeared frequently in the Braunschweig State Theater . Several sound recordings of him have been preserved.
Winkelmann was married to the singer Emma Kind. His son Hans Winckelmann also became an opera singer.
He is buried at the Mauer (10-2-3) cemetery in Vienna.
Awards
Roles (selection)
- Manrico - The Troubadour ( Giuseppe Verdi )
- Nero - Nero ( Anton Rubinstein )
- John - Hérodiade ( Jules Massenet )
- Jean de Leyde - The Prophet ( Giacomo Meyerbeer )
- Otello - Otello (Giuseppe Verdi)
- Vladislav - Merlin ( Karl Goldmark )
- Matthias - The Evangelimann ( Wilhelm Kienzl )
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 1132, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (Ed.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Supplementary volume. Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1996, ISBN 3-926701-30-7 .
- Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 .
- Klaus Pringsheim Jr., Victor Boesen: Who the hell are you? A life with the family man. Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-7466-1799-5 , pp. 267ff.
Web links
- Vienna cemeteries
- Portrait on portrait.kaar.at
- Reference to Winkelmann's house as a Viennese landmark on wien.gv.at
- Publications by and about Hermann Winkelmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hermann Winkelmann in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Hermann Winkelmann Sound recording from the archive of the Austrian Media Library : ("Loblied der Venus" from Tannhäuser )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winkelmann, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winkelmann, Hans Emil Friedrich (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1912 |
| Place of death | Wall near Vienna |