Weslau Werschner
Weslau Werschner (born March 29, 1940 - February 28, 2010 in Dresden ) was a German operetta singer (tenor).
Life
Werschner initially worked at the Volkstheater Halberstadt and at the Magdeburg Municipal Theaters . In 1976 he moved to Dresden, where he received an engagement at the State Operetta. Together with his wife, the singer Ulrike Buhlmann, the tenor soon became one of the audience's favorites and was one of the busiest singers at the State Operetta. Werschner was on stage as a soloist until 1999 and died in 2010 after a serious illness. He found his final resting place in the Striesen cemetery .
Roles (selection)
- 1977: Pluto in Orpheus in the underworld by Jacques Offenbach
- 1980: Ox in Doctor Ox by Jacques Offenbach (GDR premiere)
- 1992: Georges in La Cage aux Folles by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein
- 1997: Uncle Josse in The Vetter from Dingsda by Eduard Künneke
- 1998: Prince Dragomir in Countess Mariza by Emmerich Kálmán
- Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss
- Leopold im Weißen Rößl by Ralph Benatzky
- Count Oscar in Bluebeard
- Barinkay in Der Zigeunerbaron by Johann Strauss
- Rosillon in The Merry Widow by Franz Lehár
- Edwin in Die Csárdásfürstin by Emmerich Kálmán
- Adam in The Bird Dealer by Carl Zeller
literature
- Operetta soloist Weslau Werschner has died . In: Sächsische Zeitung , March 2, 2010, p. 18.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Werschner, Weslau |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German operetta singer (tenor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1940 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 2010 |
| Place of death | Dresden |