Manfred Drescher

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Manfred Drescher (born March 4, 1931 in Berlin ; † April 16, 2015 in Chemnitz ) was a German opera and operetta singer ( tenor ).

Drescher took private singing lessons in Berlin; the tenor and operetta singer Johannes Heesters was Drescher's role model and made him want to go to the theater. At the same time as he was studying singing, Drescher also learned a “job” at the request of his father; he became a masseur and medical lifeguard . During his vocal training he took on minor tasks at various Berlin stages. He financed his vocal studies partly by working as an extra and small actor in the first DEFA films after the Second World War . a. for marriage in the shade and 1-2-3 Corona .

Drescher gained his first stage experience with engagements as a choir leader at theaters in Berlin and Potsdam . He made his solo debut at the Parchim State Theater . This was followed by engagements at the Kleist Theater in Frankfurt / O. (there, inter alia, in 1956 in the operetta Die Frau ohne Kuss by Walter Kollo ), at the Plauen Theater (there, inter alia, in 1960 as Balduin Graf Zedlau in Wiener Blut ) and at the Rostock Theater. In 1964, under the direction of Carl Riha , he became a permanent member of the ensemble at the Karl-Marx-Stadt opera house . His first role was the young prince's son Edwin-Ronald in the operetta Die Csárdásfürstin . Drescher's focus was the operetta (including the title role in Boccaccio ), but he also took on numerous operatic roles in Karl-Marx-Stadt. He sang there a. a. Baron Kronthal in Der Wildschütz (his first opera role in Karl-Marx-Stadt), the title role in Fra Diavolo , Hans in The Bartered Bride , Cavaradossi in Tosca and Sporting Life in Porgy and Bess . In the field of operettas and musicals, the circus director Alexander Obolski was his special highlight and favorite role in the musical comedy Das Feuerwerk .

As a member of the ensemble, Drescher also took on smaller roles; He interpreted these with "highest intensity", so u. a. the butler Boby in Gottfried von Einem's opera The Visit of the Old Lady . In 1982 he sang accountant Eriksen in the comic opera Die pfiffige Magd by Julius Weismann at the opera house in Karl-Marx-Stadt . In 1984 Drescher had his stage farewell as Conte Erminio in the operetta Gasparone at the opera house in Karl-Marx-Stadt.

He then made a guest appearance a. a. at the Dresden State Operetta, where he sang Eisenstein in the operetta Die Fledermaus .

After the fall of the Wall , Drescher returned to the Chemnitz Opera House in 1991 to pursue a career in character. He sang and played there a. a. Professor Henry Higgins in a new production of My fair Lady , Baron Weps in the operetta The Bird Trader , Prince Ypsheim-Gindelsbach in the operetta Wiener Blut (1995/1996 season), Count Lichtenfels in The Land of Smiles (1996/1997 season), first Priest in Die Zauberflöte , Balthasar Zorn in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (premiere: March 1997) and roles in the musicals West Side Story (1993/1994 season) and Hello Dolly! (1994/1995 season). Until 2000 he was again a permanent member of the ensemble. In the 2005/2006 season he returned to the Chemnitz opera stage; he took on the role of Leopold Maria, Prince von und zu Lippert-Weylersheim in the operetta Die Csárdásfürstin . In 2006 he said goodbye to the stage at the Chemnitz Opera House with this role.

Drescher's voice is documented in over 150 radio recordings. He sang u. a. under the conductors Otto Dobrindt , Heinz Fricke and Herbert Kegel . In concerts were u. a. the singers Hella Jansen , Helge Rosvaenge and Herbert Ernst Groh became his partners.

Manfred Drescher died a few weeks after his 84th birthday in Chemnitz. He succumbed to the consequences of serious cancer . He was widowed. His wife Jutta, who was also engaged as a dancer, soubrette and prompter at the Chemnitz Theater for several decades, had died a few years earlier.

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h CHEMNITZ: The tenor Manfred Drescher died on April 16 in Chemnitz ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Obituary; Online marker from April 19, 2015. Accessed April 30, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c d e Mourning a versatile operetta singer Obituary; in: Freie Presse from April 27, 2015. Accessed April 30, 2015
  3. ↑ Without two princely pensioners, the Chose will not go to the Sächsische Zeitung of December 3, 2005. Retrieved on April 30, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Drescher, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera and operetta singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2015
Place of death Chemnitz