Marcel Wittrisch

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Hermann Marcel Wittrisch (born October 1, 1903 in Antwerp , † June 3, 1955 in Stuttgart ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ). His singing style was clearly based on Richard Tauber's role model .

Life

Marcel Wittrisch studied singing in Leipzig , later in Munich . The course was rounded off by a stay in Milan . He made his debut at the Theater von Halle (Saale) on January 1, 1925 with the role of Konrad in Heinrich Marschner's opera Hans Heiling . In 1926 he moved to the opera house on Steinweg in Braunschweig and worked in Berlin from 1929 . He lived at Arnimallee 16-18 in the Berlin district of Dahlem .

From 1927 to 1928 he was under contract with the record company Vox and from 1927 with Electrola , where he made 317 recordings over the next 12 years. Between 1933 and 1935 he added a few Telefunken records , and in 1949 he recorded for the Decca . A record was made for Elektrola in 1930 with the Comedian Harmonists in Berlin with the titles Dreams, which only revolve around your love and I dream of a fairytale night.

His career in Berlin began on New Year's Eve 1928 with the role of Pygmalion in Franz von Suppé's Die Schöne Galathée . Until all theaters were closed in the course of the “ total war ” in 1944, he was one of the highlights at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden .

He was equally proficient in German, Italian and French and was considered an excellent Mozart tenor. In 1931 he made a guest appearance as Tamino in The Magic Flute at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London with great success . He participated in several world premieres, including on January 21, 1934 in Alexander von Zemlinsky's Der Kreidekreis and in 1937 in Rembrandt van Rijn by Paul von Klenau . His star role was the title role of Lohengrin , u. a. at the Bayreuth Festival in 1937. Wittrisch appeared as a song interpreter together with the pianist Sebastian Peschko .

He left almost 400 recordings for posterity, including complete recordings of Lohengrin , Rigoletto , Der Freischütz (excerpts, 1936), One Night in Venice (1938), individual opera arias, hits (including the successful Oh Donna Clara , 1930), folk songs and recordings of operettas .

Filmography

Web links

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  • Clemens Höslinger , audio CD "Living Past"
  • John Williams, audio CD "The voice of romance"
  • Jens-Uwe Völmecke, audio CD "Yesterday's good"
  • Thomas Semrau "Marcel Wittrisch" and Jim Seddon "Marcel Wittrisch discography" in: The Record Collector Vol. 40, No. 4 (1995)
personal data
SURNAME Wittrisch, Marcel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wittrisch, Hermann Marcel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH June 3, 1955
Place of death Stuttgart