Willy Strehl

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Willy Strehl , also Willi Strehl, actually Wilhelm Strehl (* May 28, 1881 , † February 24, 1941 ) was an Austrian operetta singer ( tenor ) and actor .

Life

Strehl worked as an actor and operetta singer in Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century . In particular, engagements at the Vienna Carltheater and the Vienna Johann Strauss Theater are documented . He also sang as a guest at the Stadttheater Frankfurt am Main. Strehl took part in several important Viennese world premieres of operettas, which were very successful at the time, by various composers of the “silver operetta era”. Portraits, postcards and theater photographs show Strehl as a tall, slim, dark-haired man; he embodied the role type of the operetta bon vivant . Strehl is said to have received the award "Kammersänger".

On January 8, 1910, he sang the role of minstrel Józsi in the world premiere of the operetta Zigeunerliebe at the Vienna Carltheater ; his partners were u. a. Grete Holm (Zorika), Max Rohr (Jonel), Mizzi Zwerenz (Ilona) and Hubert Marischka (Kajetan). In February 1910 several sound recordings were made from the operetta under the direction of the composer Franz Lehár , in which Strehl also recorded the performance song of Józsi "I am a gypsy child".

Grave of Willi Strehl

On October 11, 1912, he took part in the memorable world premiere of the operetta The Gypsy Primate by Emmerich Kálmán at the Johann Strauss Theater in Vienna . He sang, alongside Alexander Girardi (Racz Pali) and Grete Holm (Sari), the tenor role of Laczi, the son of the old gypsy primate Racz Pali. In November 1913, Strehl also made sound recordings for Deutsche Grammophon Aktien-Gesellschaft with excerpts from the operetta Der Zigeunerprimas ; he sang two duets, in which the premiere actress Grete Holm was his partner.

On February 27, 1914, he was part of the premiere cast of the operetta Das dumme Herz by Carl Michael Ziehrer at the Johann Strauss Theater .

His stage roles at the Vienna Carltheater also included Lieutenant René in the operetta Die chaste Susanne with Mizzi Zwerenz in the title role .

After the First World War , Strehl's involvement is documented in a number of silent films . His appearances are mainly in the years 1918–1920. The film database Internet Movie Database records Strehl's participation in a single Austrian sound film Der Musikant von Eisenstadt (1934), in which he played Hadyn's valet. The film was shot in Eisenstadt and Rust in the summer of 1932 ; he is now considered lost.

Audio documents by Willy Strehl are also from the operettas and operas The Divorced Woman by Leo Fall (recording 1908; duet "Kind, du kannanzen" with Mizzi Jezel as partner) and Hoffmann's stories (recording 1910; Barcarole "Schöne Nacht, du Liebesnacht") with Amalia Carneri as partneri).

He is buried in the Hietzinger Friedhof in Vienna.

Filmography

  • 1918: When graves open
  • 1919: The night telegram
  • 1919: winding roads
  • 1920: Lost Daughters, Part 3 - People call it love
  • 1920: Mistress of her deed
  • 1920: The ban on kisses
  • 1920: Murder ... the Garrick House tragedy
  • 1920: Inge Stanhope's inheritance
  • 1933: The musician from Eisenstadt

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Volker Klotz : Operetta. Portrait and manual of an unheard-of art . Piper Verlag, Munich / Zurich 1991. Revised paperback edition September 1997, pages 395 and 751, ISBN 3-492-22481-4 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Evelyn Fertl: The Musician of Eisenstadt - An early sound film about Joseph Haydn. In: Burgenland homeland sheets . Issue 1/2008, pp. 16–39, PDF on ZOBODAT
  3. ↑ Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Volume 7: Suvanny – Zysset. Appendix: operas and operettas and their world premieres. S. 5354. Fourth, expanded and updated edition, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 .
  4. ↑ Zigeunerliebe sound recordings of the operetta Zigeunerliebe (overview). Retrieved February 21, 2016
  5. ↑ Karl J. Kutsch and Leo Riemens: Large singer lexicon . Volume 7: Suvanny – Zysset. Appendix: operas and operettas and their world premieres. P. 5354. Fourth, enlarged and updated edition. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 .
  6. ↑ Der Zigeunerprimas by Imre (Emmerich) Kálmán on file Sound recordings of the operetta The Gypsy Primas (overview). Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ Karl J. Kutsch and Leo Riemens: Large singer lexicon . Volume 7: Suvanny – Zysset. Appendix: operas and operettas and their world premieres. S. 5343. Fourth, enlarged and updated edition. Munich 2003, ISBN 3-598-11598-9 .
  8. ↑ a b Willy Strehl Cyranos.ch. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ Child, you can dance CHARM. AHRC Research Center for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  10. ↑ Have a nice night, you love night CHARM. AHRC Research Center for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Strehl, Willy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strehl, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actor and operetta singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1881
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1941