Kurt Marschner
Kurt Marschner (born April 27, 1913 in Schönlinde , Bohemia , Austria-Hungary , † September 25, 1984 in Hamburg ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ) and actor .
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Marschner initially worked as a draftsman in the 1930s before he trained as a singer at the Dresden Conservatory. He made his debut in Karlsbad (Sudetenland), not far from the village where he was born. From 1942 to 1944 Marschner sang at the opera in German-occupied Oslo, and after the war in Oldenburg and Frankfurt am Main. In 1949 Kurt Marschner came to the Hamburg State Opera , where he was a member of the ensemble for several decades. At this venue he was involved in over 4,000 performances.
In addition to his stage work, Marschner has also performed in front of the camera since the early 1960s: initially he played and sang small parts in major works such as Fidelio and Die Zauberflöte , in later years Marschner also took on larger supporting roles such as Balthasar Zorn in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg or even leading roles like Orpheus in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld . In some productions he only lent the performer his singing voice (e.g. in 1953 for La traviata and 1964 for Die Reise auf den Mond ).
Kurt Marschner was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg, grid square Bp 65 (northwest of chapel 13).
Filmography
- 1961: The bandits
- 1961: Queen of Spades
- 1967: The Marriage of Figaro
- 1968: Fidelio
- 1969: The Devils of Loudun
- 1971: The Magic Flute
- 1971: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg
- 1972: Wozzeck
- 1972: A star rises from Jakob
- 1973: Orpheus in the underworld
- 1974: Orpheus in the underworld
literature
- Who's Who in the Arts, two volumes. 2nd revised edition, Wörthsee 1978. First volume, p. 604
Web links
- Kurt Marschner at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Kurt Marschner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kurt Marschner at filmportal.de
- Kurt Marschner on tamino-klassikforum.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marschner, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 27, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönlinde , Bohemia , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 1984 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |