Karl Kamann

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Karl Kamann (born December 19, 1899 in Cologne , † April 10, 1959 in Vienna ) was a German singer ( bass baritone ).

Life

Karl Kamann came from the Rhineland . He received singing lessons from Kammersänger Max Büttner in Karlsruhe. He was also trained in Milan. In 1920/21 he received his first engagement at the Karlsruhe State Theater . He then worked in Freiburg (1921 to 1924), Nuremberg (1924 to 1927), Braunschweig (1927 to 1931) and Chemnitz (1931 to 1937).

In 1937 he became a member of the Vienna State Opera . There he stood out in particular as a hero baritone and Wagner interpreter. In 1938 he made his debut under Wilhelm Furtwängler at the Salzburg Festival as Hans Sachs in Wagner's Meistersinger von Nürnberg . He also sang Wotan in Wagner's Walküre for the first time at the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden . In 1952 he had his appearance at the Bayreuth Festival . In 1954 he appeared at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino as Lysiart in Weber's Euryanthe . Further guest appearances have taken him to opera houses all over Europe (Paris, Berlin, Munich, Brussels, Liège, Bordeaux, Venice, Rome, Florence, Naples, Trieste, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, London, Liverpool, Palermo, Catania, Naples, Perugia, The Hague , Barcelona) and Brazil. When the Vienna State Opera reopened in 1955, he sang the minister in Beethoven's Fidelio . His last appearance was in 1958 as Borromeo Pfitzner's Palestrina .

His repertoire was very extensive: In addition to Wagner operas, he sang a. a. Tiefland (Sebastino), Salome (Jochanaan), Königskinder (musician), Wozzeck (title role), Rigoletto (title role), Aida (Amonasro), Cavalleria rusticana (Alfio), Rosenkavalier (Faninal), Tosca (Scarpia), La fanciulla del West (Jack Rance), Carmen (Escamillo), Les Huguenots (Nevers), Hoffmanns Erzählungen (Demons), Boris Godunow (title role), Pelléas et Mélisande (Golo) and Jonny plays on (Jonny). In 1930 he brought Fritz Reuters cantata Hutten's last days to premiere .

Kamann was a member of the German Stage Members' Cooperative .

His first marriage was to Lily Borsa . His second wife was the soprano Herma Schramm . In 1959 he died in the Hanusch Hospital in Vienna's 14th district .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 1938 , archive.salzburgerfestspiele.at, accessed: March 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Heinz Wegener: Bibliography Fritz Reuter . In the S. (Red. Ed.): Commemorative publication Fritz Reuter (= scientific journal of the Humboldt University of Berlin. Social and linguistic series 15 (1966) 3). S. I-VIII, here: S. III.
personal data
SURNAME Kamann, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer (bass baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1959
Place of death Vienna