Werner Alberti

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Werner Alberti (1901)

Werner Alberti , actually Albert Krzywynos ( January 21, 1861 in Gnesen , Province of Posen , Kingdom of Prussia - 1934 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer ( tenor ) and singing teacher and film actor .

Life

Alberti, originally a businessman, worked for a Berlin bank for a long time. On the occasion of a private company where he sang several songs, he was advised to have his voice trained. At first, since he had no confidence in his voice, he only wanted to become an operetta tenor, but abandoned it and took lessons from Kapellmeister Martin Röder .

During a benefit concert by the Hülsenstiftung , he attracted such attention that Impresario Senkrah immediately offered him a three-month concert tour.

After this, he returned to perfect his voice with Angelo Neumann . Alberti then made his stage debut as “Manrico” in Prague, where he remained until 1894. In the following year he was employed in Italy at the Teatro Margherita in Genoa and at the Teatro Lirico in Milan under the direction of Pietro Mascagni .

In January 1899 he sang at the Court Opera Theater in Vienna. His guest performances in St. Petersburg and Moscow were also a great success. From 1900 to 1902 he was engaged at the Royal Budapest Opera.

From his residence in Berlin, where he sang at the Kroll Opera and worked as a singing teacher, he also went on tour; In 1903 he was in Vienna, in 1907 in Dresden, in 1917 in Bucharest and Lisbon.

He died in 1934. His grave is in the Jewish cemetery in Berlin-Weißensee.

reception

“One was delighted by the purity of the intonation, by his sweet piano, by his balanced tone connection, by his wonderful performance, by the rare beauty of his soft, youthful organ and by the unbelievable ease with which he knew how to knock out the high C, and Criticism and audience paid the highest appreciation in the words. You couldn't tell by looking at the small, inconspicuous male, what a huge voice he was living in. "

- Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the 19th century . List, Leipzig 1903, p. 19

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