Max Schlosser (singer)
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Max Karl Schlosser (born October 17, 1835 in Amberg , † September 2, 1916 in Utting am Ammersee ) was a German opera singer (tenor / baritone).
Life
Max Schlosser acted as a tenor for most of his career . He later switched to the baritone field and is remembered today for his character roles in Richard Wagner's operas.
He was born in Amberg in the Upper Palatinate as the son of a town clerk. Because of his talent and beautiful voice, he received a free place in the St. Emmeram seminar in Regensburg . At the age of 17 he moved to Bayreuth and had lessons from the opera singer (tenor) and theater director Anton Bömly . Schlosser had his first engagements in Bamberg and Bayreuth, then in Bad Kissingen (in Johann Nestroy's magic song Der böse Geist Lumpacivagabundus ), in Hildburghausen ( Fra Diavolo ) and Rudolstadt . This was followed by appearances in Dillingen an der Donau , Zurich , St. Gallen and Augsburg .
It was there that he fell in love with the daughter of a master baker who made it a condition that the future son-in-law learn a “decent trade” before marrying. That is why Schlosser did an apprenticeship as a baker with a master craftsman in Regensburg, was then allowed to marry and practiced this profession for four years in Augsburg.
On the recommendation of his friend Rüthling, in 1868 he sang Richard Wagner and Hans von Bülow, who put together the line-up for the premiere of the Meistersinger, and was immediately engaged. He appeared on June 21, 1868 as David in the world premiere of the Meistersinger von Nürnberg , on September 22, 1869 as Mime in the world premiere of Das Rheingold and in 1888 as a messenger in the posthumous world premiere of Wagner's early opera Die Feen . Schlosser gave the mime in the first complete performance of the cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen in 1876 at the Bayreuth Festival and in 1882 in London . Other roles in his repertoire were Count Almaviva in Rossini's Der Barbier von Sevilla , Max in Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz , Lionel in Friedrich von Flotow's Martha and the baritone role of Beckmesser in the Meistersinger.
Max Schlosser remained loyal to the Munich theater until 1902 when he played the night watchman in the Meistersingern as a farewell performance . He died in Utting am Ammersee, shortly before his 80th birthday.
literature
- Artur Kreiner: A Wagner singer as a master baker. In: The Upper Palatinate. No. 39, Kallmünz 1951, p. 128ff.
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-598-11598-1 .
- The Grove Book of Opera Singers. Oxford University Press, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-19-533765-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Artur Kreiner: A Wagner singer as a master baker. In: The Upper Palatinate. Kallmünz 1951, p. 128ff.
- ↑ wagnerportal.de: The opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 9, 2015.
- ↑ wagnerportal.de: The opera Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 9, 2015.
- ↑ Elizabeth Forbes: Schlosser, Max (Karl) . In: The New Grove Book of Opera Singers . Oxford University Press, New York 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Locksmith, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schlosser, Max Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | On the mountain |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1916 |
| Place of death | Utting am Ammersee |