Karl Gentner

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Karl Gentner, 1911
Grave inscription of the singer, in the main cemetery in Frankenthal (Pfalz)
Gentner family grave, Frankenthal main cemetery (Palatinate)

Karl Friedrich Gentner (born May 23, 1876 in Frankenthal ; † September 13, 1922 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Karl Friedrich Gentner came as the son of the mechanic Karl Gentner (1845–1900) and his wife Luise geb. Messinger (1851–1930) was born in Frankenthal, then in the Bavarian Rhine Palatinate . The father had u. a. In 1899 a technical patent for simple but efficient ground anchoring of electric masts was applied for in the USA.

Karl Friedrich Gentner became a well-known opera singer under the name of Karl Gentner . In 1905 he married the soprano Else Fischer (1883–1943), who later became one of the most important dramatic sopranos in Germany as Else Gentner-Fischer .

In 1906, the Frankfurt artistic director Emil Claar summoned the couple to the Frankfurt Opera . While his wife remained employed there for life, Karl Gentner moved to the Deutsche Oper Berlin -Charlottenburg in 1914, where he was engaged until his death.

After his death in Berlin, the singer's body was transferred to his hometown and buried there in the family grave. The grave is still in existence today (2012) at the main cemetery in Frankenthal. His wife later married the baritone Benno Ziegler .

At the world premiere of Franz Schreker's opera Der ferne Klang in Frankfurt in 1912, Karl Gentner played and sang the leading role of Fritz . The Austrian composer Alexander von Zemlinsky described Gentner as "a great talent" .

literature

  • Walter Knögel: Karl Gentner, the important opera tenor from Frankenthal. In: Frankenthal once and now , 1963, pp. 16-18.

Web links

Commons : Karl Gentner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Patent US626607 : Standard Holder. Registered on October 26, 1898 , published on June 6, 1899 , applicant: Karl Gentner, inventor: Karl Gentner. ‌
  2. ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Immortal Voices. Francke, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-7720-1555-7 , p. 255 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ^ Horst Weber: Zemlinsky's correspondence with Schönberg, Webern, Berg and Schreker (= correspondence of the Vienna School . Volume 1). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1995, ISBN 3-534-12508-8 , p. 363 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  4. ^ Friedrich C. Heller (ed.): Arnold Schönberg, Franz Schreker. Correspondence (= publications of the Institute for Austrian Music Documentation . Volume 1). Schneider, Tutzing 1974, ISBN 3-7952-0151-9 , p. 46 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  5. ^ Horst Weber: Zemlinsky's correspondence with Schönberg, Webern, Berg and Schreker (= correspondence of the Vienna School . Volume 1). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1995, ISBN 3-534-12508-8 , p. 334 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Gentner, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gentner, Karl Friedrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankenthal
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1922
Place of death Berlin