Paul Bulß

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Paul Bulß ( December 19, 1847 on the Birkholz manor, Westprignitz district - March 19, 1902 in Temesvar ) was a German opera singer ( baritone ).

Life

Bulß, the son of an estate owner, was discovered by his singing teacher Ferdinand Möhring at the Neuruppiner Gymnasium. The more Bulss's voice developed, the greater the inclination he felt for the art of singing and decided to devote himself to the stage career. Before he took the first decisive step on the boards, however, he first took lessons from Eduard Mantius and Professor Gustav Engel in Berlin and later from Emil Götze in Leipzig.

Trained by such excellent masters, he dared to make his first debut in 1866 as "Zar" in Zar and Zimmermann at the City Theater in Lübeck. He liked and stayed for a year and a half in the association of this institute, where he acquired the necessary stage routine and was given the opportunity to create a small repertoire. Then came to Lübeck and Cologne for one season each, before moving to the Hoftheater in Kassel, where he worked in the first artistic position for five years, expanded his repertoire and was already one of the pillars of the institute. From Kassel he performed in the Leipzig Gewandhaus, and his first debut as a concert singer was so cheap that he has since received numerous concert invitations from near and far.

After he had completed a few successful guest performances (autumn 1875 also in Dresden), he made his debut on August 1, 1876 as "Fliegender Holländer" at the court theater in Dresden, and knew not only to sing himself in the favor of the public there, but also to gain recognition from King Albert of Saxony , who appointed him royal chamber singer after only three years of service.

Even while he was working in Dresden, he had several opportunities to give a guest appearance at the court theater in Berlin with the greatest ovations. He kept receiving requests for engagement until he finally responded to these tempting calls in 1889 and joined the Association of the Royal Opera House in Berlin.

From the longer series of his outstanding achievements such as “Luna”, “Hans Heiling”, “Fra Diavolo”, “Don Juan”, “Troubadour”, “Dutchman”, “Wolfram” etc., two roles that Bulß created should be mentioned in particular has, namely "Tonio" in Ruggero Leoncavallos Bajazzo and "Don Quixote" in the opera of the same name by Wilhelm Kienzl .

Guest tours have taken him to Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Conceived on a concert tour through Hungary, he died of complications from pneumonia, which he contracted from a cold while driving.

family

Bulß was married to Olga Eva Dirut (1852–1906). The pedagogue and social politician Helene Glaue (1876–1967) is their daughter.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bulß, Pau . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 18, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 148.
  2. ↑ DNB : Bulß, Paul

This article is based on a public domain text from Ludwig Eisenberg's Large Biographical Lexicon of the German Stage in the 19th Century , 1903 edition.

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personal data
SURNAME Bulß, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH on the manor Birkholz , Westprignitz district
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1902
Place of death Temesvar