Wilhelm Patsche
Wilhelm Patsche (born September 22, 1887 in Hanover ; † July 28, 1968 there ) was a German opera singer ( bass ). During his fifty years at the State Theater in Hanover , he made a name for himself as a Wagner singer in particular .
Life
Wilhelm Patsche received his vocal training in his hometown of Hanover, where he took his first steps on the stage as a young man from 1907 to 1914 as a choir singer at the opera house and as an extra at theater performances. After serving in the First World War , Patsche began his career in 1917 at the Hanoverian court theater as a vocal soloist in the role of Biterolf in Richard Wagner's Tannhauser . For the next five decades, Wilhelm Patsche remained a member of the ensemble of the Hof- and later State Theater Hanover. Above all, he became a well-known Wagner singer, as Daland in the Flying Dutchman , as King Heinrich in Lohengrin , as Landgrave in Tannhäuser , as a brand in Tristan and Isolde , as Hans Sachs or Pogner in the Meistersinger von Nürnberg , as Hunding in der Valkyrie and as Gurnemanz in Parsifal . In 1931 Wilhelm Patsche appeared at the Bayreuth Festival as Fasolt in Rheingold and as Hagen in Siegfried .
Patsche sang all the famous roles in his voice, from Mozart to Wagner, from Weber to Rossini . In Hanover in 1927 he sang Mr. Dürer's picture by Joseph Gustav Mraczek in the world premiere of the opera and in 1942 in the world premiere of The Royal Sacrifice by Georg Vollerthun . With conscientious diligence, the singer also worked out bizarre figures from the compositions by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari . In addition, the vocal soloist, popular with the ensemble and the audience, gave guest appearances at the Hamburg State Opera , the Semperoper in Dresden and in 1935 and 1936 at the Théatre de la Monnaie in Brussels .
After the Second World War , Patsche's permanent position as a member of the ensemble at the Hanover Opera House ended when he reached retirement age. Instead, a guest contract lasting several years was concluded, during which Patsche continued to perform in Wagner roles.
Wilhelm Patsche was a Freemason and a member of the Baldur Freemason Lodge in Hanover, where he "[...] often contributed to the success of the lodge evenings with his art".
Honors
The small, only 157 m long Wilhelm-Patsche-Winkel path in the Hanoverian district of Bothfeld , created in 1979, was named after the singer.
literature
- Large song dictionary . 4th, enlarged and updated edition. Volume 5. Saur, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5 , p.
- Patsche, Wilhelm, singer . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 7 : Menghin – Pötel . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-094026-8 , pp. 691 ( books.google.de - limited preview).
Web links
- Wilhelm Patsche in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Wilhelm Patsche at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Siegfried Schildmacher, Winfried Brinkmann, Edzard Bakker, Peter Rosenstein (ed.): Wilhelm Patsche. In Siegfried Schildmacher (Ed.): In the footsteps of the Freemasons - a walk through the streets of Hanover. Self-published, Hannover 2015, p. 109.
- ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Hanover's street names. In: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter . New episode 35, 1981, p. 120.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Patsche, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 28, 1968 |
| Place of death | Hanover |