Max Begemann

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Max Begemann (born March 21, 1877 in Rostock , † 1949 in Berlin ) was a German baritone singer.

Life

Begemann studied first medicine, then philology at the Philipps University of Marburg . As the son of Wilhelm Begemann , he was reciprocated in the Corps Teutonia in Marburg on November 30, 1895 (FM, xxx). In 1896 he moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin , where he (like his father) also became active in the Corps Normannia Berlin (FM, x). Felix Genzmer and Fritz Max Weiss were active there . Begemann broke off his studies and was trained in Berlin by Alexander Heinemann and Julius Lieban in his baritone voice . He began his career in 1906 at the Komische Oper Berlin under Hans Gregor . When the theater was closed in 1911, Begemann limited himself to guest performances. 1914–1916 he took part in the First World War as a soldier . In 1915 he was engaged by the Deutsche Oper in Charlottenburg . In 1917 he came to the Basel Theater . In 1922 he moved to the Free City of Danzig . He was successful as a singer and director in the Theater am Kohlenmarkt for more than two decades. Highly respected as a concert singer, he sang the bass solo in the final chorus of the 9th Symphony (Beethoven) in 1939 (probably after the attack on Poland and Danzig's illegal annexation by the Reich ) . He was married to Gertrud Möller from Berlin since 1910. The marriage produced a daughter.

Stage roles

Recordings

In the first complete recording of the operetta Die Fledermaus (1907) Begemann sang the falcon. Further recordings have been received from Lyrophon and Polydor .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Begemann II, Max , in: Hans-Erich de Wyl (Ed.): Blaubuch des Corps Teutonia Marburg 1825 to 2000 (No. 787), Marburg 2000.
  2. ↑ a b Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 102/809; 5/278.
  3. ↑ Large Singer Lexicon, Vol. 4
  4. ↑ Corp newspaper Marburg Teutonen 4/1949, p 1
personal data
SURNAME Begemann, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH 1949
Place of death Berlin