Werner Götz

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Werner Götz (born December 7, 1934 in Berlin ) is a German opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

Werner Götz studied singing in Berlin, first at the Stern Conservatory , then at the University of the Arts . There he was a student of Schmidtmann, Friedrick Wilcke and W. Kelch. He later took additional lessons in design and vocal expression from the baritone Clemens Kaiser-Breme in Essen . In 1962, while still a student, he sang at the Vienna Chamber Opera . After completing his training, he received a beginner's contract at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in 1963 , where he appeared in smaller roles from 1964 to 1966. He sang there a. a. the steward at Faninal in Der Rosenkavalier and the fool in Wozzeck . In the season 1967/68 he was engaged in his first permanent engagement at the Staatstheater Oldenburg ; his inaugural role there was Don Alvaro in The Power of Fate . In the season 1968/69 was engaged at the State Theater Mainz . In 1969 he moved to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein Düsseldorf / Duisburg as "First Heldentenor " for the next 11 years , where he was a permanent member of the ensemble until 1979. From 1979 to 1983 Götz sang at the Frankfurt Opera House . At the same time he was a member of the ensemble at the Hamburg State Opera , where he appeared until the beginning of 1985.

Götz first sang the lyric tenor subject, a. a. Tamino in Die Zauberflöte , Lyonel in Martha . However, he then changed his subject to intermediate subject tenor, from youthful hero tenor to hero tenor. His roles included a. Florestan in Fidelio , Don José in Carmen (for the first time 1979 in Düsseldorf), the title role in Hoffmann's stories , the title role in Don Carlos , which was one of his “favorite roles”, Cavaradossi in Tosca , Henri in Der Mantel , Erik in Der Fliegende Holländer , die Title roles in Lohengrin and Parsifal , Narraboth in Salome and Matteo in Arabella . In the Slavic repertoire he sang a. a. Prince in Rusalka (1975; Deutsche Oper am Rhein, with Hildegard Behrens as a partner), Hans in The Bartered Bride and Boris in Katja Kabanowa .

Götz also interpreted parts from operas from the turn of the century, the 20th century and the modern era. These roles included a. the Drum Major in Wozzeck , Alviano in the subscribed (Opera House Frankfurt; season 1979/80), Giovanni / lay brother in Mona Lisa ( Karlsruhe Theater Karlsruhe ; 1982/83 season), Prince Pao in The Chalk Circle by Alexander Zemlinsky (premiere at the Hamburg State Opera ; Premiere: 1982/83 season; then also repeated in the two following seasons 1983/84 and 1984/85, most recently in March 1985), Jim Mahoney in the rise and fall of the city of Mahagonny and the colonel in the opera Die Gespenstersonata by Aribert Reimann (Hamburg State Opera; season 1984/85). In July 1978 he took part in the world premiere of the opera Lear by Aribert Reimann in the role of Edmund at the Bavarian State Opera . At the end of the Munich Opera Festival, in August 1982, he sang again, in the last performance of this opera, Edmund in Lear , whom he had performed there for four seasons in a row since the premiere.

In the 1980/81 season (premiere: April 1981) he sang the “nonchalant-authoritarian” drum major in a new production by Wozzeck at the Hamburg State Opera ; he offered "in his vicious victoriousness a plausible character study". He sang this role again and again later in Hamburg, also in a series of performances in March 1984 with Anja Silja as partner in the role of Marie. In the 1981/82 season he took on the role of first armored man in a new production of the opera Die Zauberflöte (premiere: May 1982, director: Achim Freyer ); He sang this role again and again in the following seasons, most recently in December 1984.

In the 1979/80 season he made guest appearances at the Zurich Opera House as Konrad in the Marschner Opera Hans Heiling (premiere: December 1979, director: Nikolaus Lehnhoff ). In the 1980/81 season Götz sang Radames in a new Aida production at the Staatstheater Hannover (premiere: September 1980, director: Erhard Fischer ); he convinced with an "adequate, very superior acting interpretation" and with "vocal charisma". In January 1981 he made a guest appearance, alongside Simon Estes in the title role, at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein as Erik in The Flying Dutchman . He was a “roll covering” Erik with a “somewhat uneven” voice leading; "But there were no height problems for him". In the 1980/81 season he stepped in at the Stadttheater Krefeld for a short time "with musical sovereignty" as the title hero in the Verdi opera Don Carlos (premiere: May 1981, director: John Dew ). In the 1982/83 season he sang the drum major in Wozzeck in a new production at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich (director: Dieter Dorn ). In January / February 1983 he was a guest at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf as Florestan; also at the Hamburg State Opera as Erik. In January / February 1983 and again in April 1983 he appeared at the Frankfurt Opera House as Don José in Carmen , with Gail Gilmore in the title role as partner. In the 1984/85 season (premiere: December 1984) he took over the role of Erik in a new production of The Flying Dutchman at the Essen Opera House . In the 1985/86 season he was engaged at the United City Theaters of Krefeld and Mönchengladbach . There he sang the part of Edmund again in a new production by Lear ; the premiere was in October 1985. In the 1985/86 season he also appeared at the Hagen Theater as Bacchus in a new production of the Strauss opera Ariadne auf Naxos . Götz also appeared in Germany at the Dortmund Opera House , at the Cologne Opera (including in the 1986/87 season, as Prince Guido Bardi in Zemlinsky's A Florentine Tragedy ), several times at the Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe (most recently 1984) and at the Staatstheater Wiesbaden .

Götz made guest appearances at the Lyon Opera House (as Siegfried in Götterdämmerung ), at the Dutch Opera in Amsterdam , at the Teatro Liceu in Barcelona , in 1979 at the San Francisco Opera (in Il prigioniero ), in 1980 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice (as Guido Bardi in A Florentine tragedy ), 1981 at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels (as Loge in Das Rheingold ), 1984 at the Covent Garden Opera in London (Don Carlos, drum major), at the Opera House Łódź, in Prague and in Athens . At the Edinburgh Festival he appeared in 1978 with the Frankfurt Opera House (as Boris in Katja Kabanowa ), in 1979 with the Düsseldorf Ensemble (as Parsifal) and in 1984 with the ensemble of the Hamburg State Opera. At the Edinburgh Festival he also sang the tenor part in Mahler's song cycle Das Lied von der Erde under the musical direction of Pierre Boulez .

Audio documents

Götz's voice is documented on some sound carriers. The DGG released a live recording of the world premiere of the opera Lear in 1978 with Götz as Edmund , first on record and later on CD . In 1980 he sang the role of Melot for the DGG in a complete recording of the opera Tristan und Isolde with Carlos Kleiber as conductor; the recording was released in 1981. In 1981 a live recording of the opera A Florentine Tragedy was released ; the recording was made in October 1980 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice. There are also live recordings of the “legendary” Rusalka production (1975; Deutsche Oper am Rhein, with Götz as Prince) and of Franz Schreker's opera Die Gezeichen (1979; Frankfurt am Main, with Götz as Alviano).

literature

  • Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 3: Franc – Kaidanoff, p. 1770. Fourth, expanded and updated edition. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 .
  • Karl Martyniak (Ed.): OPERAdat. Interpreter lexicon. Singer lexicon . Loose-leaf collection. 2nd edition Düsseldorf 1998 (with a detailed list of roles)
  • Martina Metzler: Werner Götz . (Series: The Interview). In: Orpheus . Edition January 1, 1981. pp. 63/64.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Werner Götz . Short biography; Artist lexicon of Theaterfreunde Mainz. Retrieved August 23, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c d Unknown hero tenor: WERNER GÖTZ . Biography. Tamino Klassikforum on December 7, 2010. Accessed on August 23, 2015
  3. ↑ Iris Bünsch: HAMBURG: WOZZECK . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue May 5, 1981, page 367/368 (with photo by Werner Götz).
  4. ↑ Martina Metzler: HANNOVER: AIDA . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Edition 11/12. November / December 1980. Page 782/783.
  5. ↑ Günter Peter: ALSO ... . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue March 3, 1981. Page 187.
  6. ↑ André Maienfels: KREFELD: DON CARLOS . Performance review. In: Orpheus . Issue 7/8. July / August 1981. Pages 578/579.
  7. ↑ Werner Götz was 75 . Opera & dance. Edition 2010/1. Retrieved August 23, 2015
  8. ↑ A Florentine Tragedy Op. 16 (Un Tragedia Fiorentina) . Details at Discogs.com. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  9. ↑ The legendary Düsseldorf Rusalka with Behrens and Janku . Criticism; Online music magazine. Retrieved August 23, 2015
  10. ↑ The drawn sound recording . WorldCat entry . Retrieved August 23, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Götz, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin