Wolfgang von Schwind
Wolfgang Ritter von Schwind (born July 4, 1879 in Elbogen , Bohemia , † April 19, 1949 in Vienna ) was an Austro-German opera singer ( bass ) and actor .
Life
Wolfgang von Schwind was the grandson of the painter Moritz von Schwind and like him is often mistakenly written Schwindt . Schwind attended the cadet corps in Munich and the university there for a year. He received his acting training from the Munich court actor Otto König.
In the 1904/05 season he began his stage career at the Brno City Theater , where he took singing lessons from the cantor of the Jewish community. He then went to Munich for further training in his voice.
In June 1907 he gave a successful guest appearance in Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns and was then appointed to the Hofoper Berlin , where he worked until 1911. In that year he took up an engagement at the court theater in Karlsruhe , where he stayed until 1916 and later appeared as a guest.
His repertoire included Osmin in Die Entführung aus dem Serail , Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg , Hagen in Götterdämmerung , Landgraf in Tannhäuser , Ramphis in Aida and Marcel in the Huguenots .
During the First World War he left Germany, lived in Spain and was temporarily secretary to an Egyptian prince. He also tried his hand as a rabbit breeder, vegetable farmer, muleteer in the Pyrenees and salesman.
In July 1920 von Schwind came back to Berlin and found connections with German film. He then worked as a supporting actor in many German productions for over two decades.
In 1947, the Berlin publishing house Zander published the novel Die Große Rolle des Andreas Witt from Schwind's pen, which deals with the love, life and career of the actor Andreas Witt.
Filmography
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Literary work
- The great role of Andreas Witt . Novel. Zander, Berlin 1940
literature
- H. Reitterer: Schwind Wolfgang von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001–2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 62 f. (Direct links on p. 62 , p. 63 ).
Web links
- Wolfgang von Schwind in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the birth register of the city of Elbogen from 1866 to 1883 (Loket 070) it is not entered.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schwind, Wolfgang von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwind, Wolfgang Ritter von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian-German singer (bass) and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elbogen , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 19, 1949 |
| Place of death | Vienna |