Martin Kremer

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Martin Kremer (born March 23, 1898 in Geisenheim ; † February 9, 1971 in Prien am Chiemsee ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Martin Kremer studied with W. Fuhr in Wiesbaden and Giuseppe Borgatti in Milan . Martin Kremer was a valued concert and oratorio singer (e.g. as the evangelist in the Passions of Johann Sebastian Bach ) and later worked as an opera singer and director.

In 1924 he made his debut at the Kassel State Theater . From there he moved to the Wiesbaden State Theater in 1927 and to the Dresden State Opera in 1929 . Here he participated in various world premieres: in July 1933 as Matteo in Arabella by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal , in June 1935 as Henry in Die Schweigsame Frau von Strauss and Stefan Zweig, and in October 1938 as Leukippos in Daphne von Strauss and Joseph Gregor . Kremer's engagement in Dresden lasted until 1940. In 1938 and 1939 he was seen at the Bayreuth Festival as a shepherd in the Titjen production of Tristan and Isolde .

1940–1943 he worked at the Theater des Volkes in Berlin; 1941–1944 he also had guest engagements at the Deutsches Theater Oslo . At the Bayreuth Festival, he worked as David ( Meistersinger ) and Froh ( Rheingold ) from 1933–1938 .

In 1948 Martin Kremer returned to the Wiesbaden State Opera. As Manrico in the troubadour , he left the big stage in 1956; He performed at smaller German theaters until 1960.

He also became known early on through the record, including opera recordings by the companies Orchestrola (1930) and HMV-Electrola (as David in the first act of Meistersinger under Karl Böhm ). He sang in some operetta recordings with Maria Elsner .

Martin Kremer was buried in the Reit im Winkl cemetery.

Honors

Guest appearances

  • 1931 in Amsterdam as David in the Mastersingers
  • 1933 at the Berlin State Opera
  • 1934 Covent Garden Opera, London in the first English-language version of Arabella
  • 1935 Festival of Sopot as David
  • 1935 Gran Teatre del Liceu
  • 1937, 1939 at the Vienna State Opera
  • 1939 Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels
  • 1942 Vienna Volksoper

as well as at the operas of Nice and Geneva .

Participation in other opera and operetta premieres

In 1928 he sang the first performances of Franco Alfano's Madonna Imperia in Wiesbaden .

Operatic repertoire

Roles in Martin Kremer's operatic repertoire were:

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personal data
SURNAME Kremer, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Geisenheim
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1971
Place of death Prien am Chiemsee