Karl Trapp
Karl Johann Andreas Trapp (born July 21, 1833 in Hamburg ; † December 22, 1895 there ) was a German opera singer ( bass ).
Life
At the age of 24 Trapp made his debut at the Cologne Opera in the 1857/58 season . The following year he was engaged at the Kraków City Theater . This was followed by a guest tour that took him to the German Theater in Riga , the Graz Opera and the Hoftheater Stuttgart .
Between 1860 and 1866 Trapp was a member of the ensemble at the Darmstadt Court Theater . In 1861 he played Mephistopheles there in the German premiere of Charles François Gounod's opera Faust .
After a protracted illness, Trapp was no longer vocal able to sing on stage. That is why he settled in his hometown and worked there as a singing teacher.
Roles (selection)
- Mephistopheles - Faust ( Charles François Gounod )
- ? - Melusine ( Louis Schindelmeisser )
- Sarastro - The Magic Flute ( Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart )
- Falstaff - The Merry Wives of Windsor ( Otto Nicolai )
literature
- Walther Killy (Ed.): Karl Trapp . In: Ders .: German Biographical Encyclopedia , Vol. 10 . Saur, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-598-23160-1 , p. 69.
- Trapp, Carl in Ingrid Bigler-Marschall (Ed.): Deutsches Theaterlexikon Volume 4 . Francke-Verlag, Bern 1998
- Trapp, Karl in Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 5. Third edition, Saur, Munich 1997
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Trapp, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Trapp, Karl Johann Andreas (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 21, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1895 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |