Markus Schwendemann
Markus Schwendemann (born January 28, 1957 in Singen , Baden-Württemberg ; † November 11, 1994 in Gießen ) was a German opera and concert singer ( bass baritone ).
Life
At the age of ten, Markus Schwendemann became a member of a boys' school in Gießen, where his parents had moved in 1959. Two years later he appeared in public as the first solo boy with his first solo roles in cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach . After his voice broke , he sang as a tenor in the choir before a performance of Albert Lortzings Zar und Zimmermann for the (comic) opera and for the comic role as well as the bass voice of Mayor van Bett. Supported by his piano teacher and music teacher, he successfully performed at the age of seventeen in a student performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Singspiel Bastien und Bastienne . Before he graduated from high school , he received singing lessons from Hannah Ludwig-Willwacher, who also prepared him for the entrance examination at the Freiburg University of Music . The participation in Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's intermezzo La serva padrona and Carl Ditters from Dittersdorf's comic opera Doktor und Apotheker had meanwhile given Schwendemann further early stage experiences.
From 1979 he studied in Freiburg with the Spanish professor Maria Oran ( singing ), with Martin Markun, who was then senior director of the Opera at the Basel Theater (drama lessons), and with professors Markus Lehmann and Gustav Neidlinger ( interpretation and role studies ). Already during his studies Schwendemann appeared in musical stage productions at the Städtebundtheater Biel Solothurn , where he participated in three productions each in two seasons . In addition, he also appeared as a soloist in many concerts in appearance, for example in 1980 with the bass part in George Frideric Handel's oratorio The Messiah (with the Symphony Orchestra of Südwestfunk ) in 1982 with the title role of Felix Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah , the bass part in Joseph Haydn's Nelson Mass (both with the Bodensee Symphony Orchestra ), Ludwig van Beethoven's C major mass (with the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra as part of the Bad Hersfeld Festival ) and its musical festival The Ruins of Athens (with the same orchestra) , 1983 in Leoš Janáček's Glagolitic Mass (with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie in the Alte Oper in Frankfurt ).
After completing his training, he was hired as a bass guitar at the Bremerhaven City Theater in 1983 , where he had eight premieres and 149 performances in his first season and was then on stage in almost every production. From there, guest appearances regularly took him to Braunschweig , Detmold and Krefeld / Mönchengladbach . He was also a regular guest at the Freilichtspiele in Tecklenburg and from 1989 also at the Eutin Festival . In addition to his work on the Bremerhaven opera and operetta stage, he continued to work as an oratorio and concert singer; important concert compositions such as Johann Sebastian Bach's oratorio passions , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's masses or Gioachino Rossini's Stabat mater were among others in his rich repertoire.
At the Stadttheater Bremerhaven Schwendemann celebrated great success as a Mozart singer (with the title role in Figaro's wedding as well as Papageno in the Magic Flute ), with Italian repertoire from Pergolesi to Rossini and Giuseppe Verdi to Giacomo Puccini, as well as with the German opera . The travesty role of Mamma Agata in Gaetano Donizetti's opera buffa Viva la Mamma! was also one of his star roles, like the often comical bass parts in Albert Lortzing's comical operas Der Wildschütz (schoolmaster Baculus) or Der Waffenschmied (Ritter Adelhof). As a musical - and operetta bass he was popular not less committed and to the same extent - at a time when the genre of operetta still a substantial area of the game board in Bremerhaven (as well as in most of the small and medium-sized German theaters accounted for). As a former adolescent tournament dancer, Schwendemann ( individually and in formation in Latin American dances ) was also predestined for the lively stage performance required by operettas and comic operas. The Theophil in Paul Lincke's "burlesque fantastic facilities operetta" Frau Luna , the rich pig Kálmán Zsupán in Johann Strauss's operetta The Gypsy Baron and Colonel Olle village in Carl Millöckers Bettelstudent counted while undoubtedly also his signature roles - with certainty the fruit of education through his Teacher Gustav Neidlinger, who at the time (in addition to his great Wagner roles) was also celebrated in these same roles.
In addition to his permanent position as a singer and actor, the artist was also involved in theater direction ; several festive opera galas were organized and staged under his aegis on the stage of the Bremerhaven Great House. He also taught as a singing teacher . In 1991 Schwendemann moved to the Trier Theater as a bass player and employee in the artistic management office . In 1994 he died after a serious illness in his hometown of Giessen.
literature
- Wolfgang Denker: Markus Schwendemann - "I love operetta" ; in: orpheus - Oper International , Berlin, edition 12/13 1990, pp. 9-10.
- Markus Schwendemann: Texts and photos in his portfolio ( Sedcard ), undated (around 1990).
- NN : opera singer died ; Obituary in the Nordsee-Zeitung , Bremerhaven, November 25, 1994.
- Manfred Ernst, Kai Kähler, Wolfgang Denker, Dirk Böttger, Anne Stürzer: One Hundred Years of the Bremerhaven City Theater . - Ed .: Stadttheater Bremerhaven and NW-Verlag, Bremerhaven, 2011. - ISBN 978-3-86918-127-1 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Compare Wolfgang Denker: Markus Schwendemann - "I love operetta" ; in: orpheus - Oper International , Berlin, edition 12/13, 1990, p. 9.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schwendemann, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera and concert singer (bass baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Singing , Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1994 |
| Place of death | to water |