Toni Weiler

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Toni Weiler , real name Anton Weiler (born August 7, 1894 in Cologne , † January 30, 1970 in Bonn ) was a German opera singer with a baritone voice .

Live and act

Toni Weiler's talent for singing was discovered in his youth by concertmaster Wunderlich of the Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra . The conductor Otto Klemperer recommended Weiler to train with Hermann Abendroth , the director of the Cologne Conservatory , where Weiler studied singing with Eduard Walter from 1919. He received a scholarship and became a master class student .

In 1922 Weiler made his stage debut at the Zurich Opera House as Ruggiero in The Jewess of Jacques Fromental Halévy . In 1923 he received an engagement at the Magdeburg Opera . In 1929 he was appointed chamber singer by the Magdeburg City Council. From 1934 to 1938 he was engaged at the Dortmund Opera . As an inaugural role, he sang the title role in the world premiere of the opera Münchhausen's Last Lie by Hansheinrich Dransmann . Weiler continued his career at the Hanover Opera and at the Detmold Festival. He has also made guest appearances at the Berlin State Opera and at the stages in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Karlsruhe, Cologne, Osnabrück and Bonn.

From 1940 until the theater was closed due to the war (the theater was destroyed by bombing in August 1942, the performances then took place in the Mainz town hall until it was also destroyed in February 1945) Weiler was a permanent member of the Mainz Opera ensemble . After the war he gave his first concert in Hameln in July 1945 with the song cycle Dichterliebe by Robert Schumann . In 1946 Georg Hartmann engaged him at the Anhaltisches Landestheater Dessau . In 1951 and 1952 Weiler was professor for solo singing at the State University of Music in Halle . During his time in Dessau (1946–1952) Weiler sang all parts of the baritone subject. In 1952 he moved to West Germany. In the following years he continued to guest at various opera stages, including in Dessau and Cologne.

Roles in operas

Discography

  • Song to the evening star from the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner. Staatskapelle Berlin, conductor: Alfred Schmidt (on 10 inch shellac record , Volksverband Record - MD 9635)
  • I look around from Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser . Staatskapelle Berlin, conductor: Alfred Schmidt, (on 10 inch shellac record )

Web links

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  • Between Wörlitz and Mosigkau. Series of publications on the history of the city of Dessau and the surrounding area. In: Dessauer Künstler-Lexikon - Die Theaterkünstlerinnen and Theaterkünstler since 1794. Issue 61, Volume VI. Arrangement by Kathleen Neubert, Günter Ziegle; Ed .: City of Dessau-Roßlau, Cultural Office, Museum for City History Dessau and City Archives Dessau-Roßlau, Dessau-Roßlau 2010.
  • Once Rigoletto and Amfortas. In: Bonner Rundschau , August 7, 1964.
  • Kurt Wallstab: Heinrich Vogeler - A life for the German provincial theater. A contribution to the history of the Magdeburg City Theater. Cape. 11 and 12

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Schumann: New magazine for music . B. Schott, 1933 ( google.de [accessed March 24, 2020]).
  2. ^ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch: Theatergeschichtliches Jahr- und Adressebuch ... Print and commission publisher FA Günther & Sohn, 1930 ( google.de [accessed on March 24, 2020]).
  3. ↑ a b Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden: Dataset 70917372. In: SLUB Mediathek. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
  4. ^ History of the Mainzer Theater. In: Theaterfreunde Mainz. Accessed April 8, 2020 (German).
  5. ↑ Monika Lux, Anne Quaas: Georg Hartmann: a life for the theater . Museum für Stadtgeschichte, 2003 ( google.de [accessed March 25, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Today and tomorrow . Petermänken-Verlag, 1954 ( google.de [accessed on March 25, 2020]).
  7. ^ Theater of Time . Henschel, 1951 ( google.de [accessed March 25, 2020]).
  8. ^ Contributions to the history of Dortmund and the county of Mark . 1968 ( google.de [accessed on March 24, 2020]).
  9. ^ Journal of Music . Steingräber Verlag, 1935 ( google.de [accessed on March 24, 2020]).
  10. ↑ a b SLUB media library. In: Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hamlet, Toni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walter, Anton (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1970
Place of death Bonn