Description

GERHARD STEHMANN (SEIFFEN, 8 MAY, 1866 – VIENNA, 5 JULY, 1926)

 

 

 

 

He first studied singing with Lilli Lehmann in Berlin, then continued under Karl Ress in Leipzig. He made his debut in 1889 at the Hoftheater in Altenburg as Admiral Lefort in Zar und Zimmermann. In 1890, he went to North America, where he first sang in St. Louis, then, in the 1895–1896 season, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. He remained a member of the Damrosch Opera Company until 1897 and undertook an American tour in the 1898–1899 season with an opera troupe organized by Nellie Melba.

In 1899, he was engaged by the Hofoper in Vienna, where he made his debut as the Army Caller in Lohengrin and remained a member until his death. His repertoire included Wotan in the Nibelungenring, Kothner and Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger, Valentin in Faust, Kurwenal in Tristan und Isolde, and Germont-père in La Traviata.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Aida (Verdi) Tempelszene (w. Forst & chorus) 2-44322 11756u G&T, Wien 1907

Aida (Verdi) Zu des Niles heil’gen Ufern (w. Elizza, Forst, Slezak, Mayr & chorus) 3-44055 15230u Gramophone, Wien 1909-10-02

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Durchstrahlt von tausend Lampen (w. Elizza, Forst, Weidemann & Mayr) 3-44034 14691u Gramophone, Wien 1909-05

Carmen (Bizet) Quintett (w. Elizza, Forst, Kittel & Preuss) 2-44121 4286L G&T, 1906

Don Giovanni (Mozart) Viva la libertà (Freiheitschor) (w. Forst, Kittel, Preuss, Hesch & chorus) 2-44226 10828u G&T, Wien 1907

Freischütz (Weber) O lass’ Hoffnung dich beleben (w. Preuss, Mayr & chorus) 3-44012 14659u Gramophone, Wien 1909-05

Guillaume Tell (Rossini) Die Sonne strahlt (w. Elizza, Forst, Kittel, Slezak, Weidemann & chorus) 2-44241 10862u G&T, Wien 1907-05

Guillaume Tell (Rossini) Er fiel, er starb (w. Schmedes & Hesch) 2-44109 4272L G&T, Wien 1906-0506

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Will meinem guten Recht vertrauen (w. Slezak, Preuss & Mayr) 2-44427 13223u Gramophone, 1908

Königin von Saba (Goldmark) Dieses Auge (w. Elizza, Slezak, Mayr & chorus) 044222 01212v Gramophone, Wien 1909-10-02

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Sextett (w. Kiurina, Melms, von Kellersperg, Reinhardt & Ritter) X-24393 Zonophone, Wien 1908

Martha (Flotow) Nur näher, blöde Mädchen (w. Forst, Kittel & Preuss) 3-44009 14651u Gramophone, Wien 1909-05

Martha (Flotow) Schlaf’ wohl (w. Forst, Kittel & Preuss) 3-44010 14653u Gramophone, Wien 1909-05

Martha (Flotow) Wass soll ich dazu sagen (w. Forst, Kittel & Preuss) 3-44017 14652u Gramophone, Wien 1909-05

Prodana Nevesta (Smetana) Wart’ noch ein Weilchen, Marie (w. Forst, Elizza, Kittel, Weidemann & Hesch) 2-44323 11737½u G&T, Wien 1907-1112

Tannhäuser (Wagner) O kehr’ zurück (w. Slezak, Preuss & Mayr) 2-44428 13224u Gramophone, 1908

Traviata (Verdi) Finale, act 2 (w. Kurz, Preuss & chorus) 2-44463 13259½u Gramophone, Wien 1908

Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Sextett (w. Preuss, Mayr, Weidemann, Stejskal & Thiemann) 3-44013 14660u Gramophone, Wien 1909-05