Karl Bucha
Karl Bucha ( November 14, 1868 in Weimar - after 1939) was a German opera singer ( bass ), musician , opera director and vocal teacher .
Life
Bucha, the son of a butcher, was already active in the church choir in his hometown from the age of nine and soon sang all soprano solos. Court Councilor Carl Müllerhartung became aware of the young man, who knew how to sing from sight and interested him vocally, and determined him to pursue a career as a singer; he plays the viola, violin, piano, organ and horn and, after receiving vocational training from Hans Feodor von Milde , appeared in public for the first time in 1888 at the court theater in Mannheim as “Morales” in Carmen .
He stayed there until 1890, then came to Weimar (until 1895), then to Hamburg (until 1897), to Düsseldorf (until 1899), and then joined the Weimar Court Stage Association again, where he was known as "Daland" ( The Flying Holländer ) made his debut and stayed there until 1910.
He represented the serious bass subject with great success and it was above all his musical talent that was recognized.
Bucha was invited to Bayreuth at least three times on the recommendation of Hofkapellmeister Richard Strauss , where he embodied the “Titurel”, “Grail Knight” etc. In 1895 he also appeared in Ney York at the Metropolitan Opera .
From 1899 to 1909 he sang as a guest at the Leipzig Opera House, the Hamburg Opera House and the Kassel Court Theater. From 1911 to 1912 he directed the city theater in Erfurt, and again from 1916 to 1918. After 1920 he was the director of an opera school in Weimar, where he lived in 1939.
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 135, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Karl Bucha at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Karl Bucha picture in the Manskopf Collection of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Karl Bucha in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bucha, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass), musician, opera director and vocal teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1939 |