Theodor Bertram
Theodor Bertram ( February 12, 1869 in Stuttgart - November 24, 1907 in Bayreuth ) was a German opera singer ( baritone ).
Life
Following the example of his parents Heinrich and Marie Bertram , Bertram went to the stage after he had been trained accordingly by his father and dared his first attempt as a singer in 1889 at the Stadttheater in Ulm. After working there for two years, he was hired for Josef Ritter at the Hamburg City Theater. From there he went to the Krollsche Theater in Berlin, from where he was called to the Court Theater in Munich. In 1900 and 1901 the artist worked as a member of the Metropolitan Opera House in New York and was also a member of the Maurice-Gauschen traveling group, which u. a. Toured Boston, Baltimore and Chicago. After returning from America, he appeared in May 1901 at the Court Opera Theater in Vienna. He only stayed there for five days.
He then went on guest tours to Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Stuttgart. This was followed by guest appearances at the Deutsches Theater in Prague (1901 to 1905), at the City Theater of Zurich (1903 to 1905), at the Royal Stockholm Opera (1904) and at the Covent Garden Opera in London (1900, 1903 and 1907).
In 1897 he married the soprano Fanny Moran-Olden (1855–1905). She died in 1905 mentally deranged. His second wife, Lotte Wetterling, drowned on February 21, 1907 in a shipwreck off Hook of Holland. This led to the artist's collapse. Heavily indebted and in trouble because of his alcoholism, he hanged himself in the Bayreuth station hotel.
According to his last wish, he was buried in Holland at the side of Lotte Wetterling.
His brother was the actor Ernst Bertram .
literature
- Ludwig Eisenberg : Theodor Bertram . In: Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century. Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p. 88 ( daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- Michael Jahn : The performances of the Wagner baritone Theodor Bertram at the Vienna Court Opera. In the S. (Ed.): Verdi and Wagner in Vienna 1 . Vienna 2012, pp. 133–142.
- Klaus Ulrich Spiegel: Monument with damage - triumph and tragedy: The bass-baritone legend Theodor Bertram on ku-spiegel.de
Web links
- Theodor Bertram in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Theodor Bertram at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Theodor Bertram Sound recording from the archive of the Austrian Media Library : ("Now it's done" from Undine )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bertram, Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (baritone) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1907 |
| Place of death | Bayreuth |