Leopold Sachse
Leopold Sachse (born January 5, 1880 in Berlin , † April 3, 1961 in Englewood Cliffs , New Jersey ) was a German-American opera singer ( bass ), conductor and theater director .
Life
Initially, Sachse worked as an opera singer (bass), mainly in Wagner roles.
He was general manager in Münster , from 1915 to 1922 in Halle and from 1922 to 1933 in Hamburg ( State Opera ).
Sachse emigrated to the USA in 1935 and worked there at the Metropolitan Opera in New York .
A street in Halle is named after him.
literature
- Joseph Walk (ed.): Short biographies on the history of the Jews 1918–1945 . Edited by the Leo Baeck Institute, Jerusalem. Saur, Munich 1988 ISBN 3-598-10477-4
Web links
- Leopold axis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Leopold Sachse ' on the website www.hamburgballett.de
- Leopold Sachse on the website www.halleforum.de
- Leopold Sachse in the Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians of the Nazi Era (LexM)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sachse, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American opera singer (bass), conductor and theater director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 5, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1961 |
| Place of death | Englewood Cliffs , New Jersey |