Max Grahl
Maximilian Grahl ( January 31, 1854 - October 15, 1944 in Braunschweig ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ) and stage actor .
Life
He began his stage work in 1877 at the Stadttheater von Kiel , where he was employed in small roles, came to Baden (Switzerland) in 1879, to the Heinrichsdorff Theater in Berlin in 1880, to the Potsdam Theater in 1882, to the Ostend Theater in Berlin in 1883, to the Heidelberg Theater in 1884 , in 1885 Elbing , 1886 Danzig and worked from 1888 to 1890 in Königsberg (East Prussia) and from 1890 to 1891 at the City Theater of Magdeburg .
In 1891 he was committed to the court theater in Braunschweig , where he made his debut as "Kilian" in the Freischütz . There he mainly sang parts for tenor buffo : the "Peter Iwanow" in Zar und Zimmermann , the "Georg" in the armourer and the "Veit" in Undine von Lortzing, the "Beppo" in Fra Diavolo von Auber, the "Basilio" "In Figaro's wedding , the" Junker Spärlich "in The funny women of Windsor by Nicolai, the" helmsman "in the Flying Dutchman and the" Eisenstein "in the bat .
After 1900 he worked as an actor in Braunschweig until 1929 and was made an honorary member of the house. He later worked as a teacher in Braunschweig.
His son was the opera singer Hans Grahl .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 344, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Web links
- Max Grahl at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ life data cited according to: Paul S. Ulrich, Biographical Directory for Theater, Dance and Music . List of references from German-language reference works and yearbooks, 2 vol., Berlin 1997, volume 1, p. 640.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Grahl, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grahl, Maximilian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) and theater actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1854 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1944 |
| Place of death | Braunschweig |