Otto Edelmann

Otto Edelmann (born February 5, 1917 in Vienna ; † May 14, 2003 ibid) was an Austrian opera singer ( bass baritone ).

Life

Otto Edelmann's grave

Edelmann studied with the Norwegian hero tenor Gunnar Graarud , among others . In 1937 he made his debut in Gera as Figaro . In 1947 he made his debut as a hermit in Carl Maria von Weber's Freischütz at the Vienna Volksoper , the replacement for the bombed-out State Opera, and became a member of the Vienna State Opera .

There he sang a total of 36 parts in 430 performances. His brilliant roles were the Ochs auf Lerchenau in the Rosenkavalier and the Hans Sachs in the Meistersinger , which was his favorite role.

His big breakthrough came in 1950 when he sang his first Falstaff under Clemens Krauss . 1951 followed by Hans Sachs in Bayreuth .

He celebrated great success in the USA, especially at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, of which he was a member for 18 years. In total, he was on the MET stage 148 times.

He last appeared at the Vienna State Opera on December 15, 1976 as Count Waldner in Arabella .

The two sons Peter and Paul Armin Edelmann also became singers.

He was buried in an honorary grave in the Kalksburger Friedhof (group 1, number 55 A) in Vienna.

Filmography

• 1955: Mozart's Don Giovanni
• 1962: Richard Strauss : Der Rosenkavalier , for the opening of the Great Festival Hall in Salzburg , conductor: Herbert von Karajan
• 1993: crime scene - deserters
• 1999: Tatort - never again opera
• 2002: crime scene - 1,000 deaths
• 2002: mutants

literature

• Steffi-Maria Schlinke: Otto Edelmann. A Mastersinger from Vienna. Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-215-06431-6 .

Web links

• Works by and about Otto Edelmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry on Otto Edelmann in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Otto Edelmann in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Otto Edelmann in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna