Description

ALOIS HADWIGER (OLMÜTZ, 11 AUGUST, 1879 – GRAZ, 23 MARCH, 1948)

 

 

 

 

His voice was discovered by Cosima Wagner and was trained at the Bayreuth school by Julius Kniese. He made his debut in 1904 at the Bayreuth Festival as Froh in ”Rheingold”. In 1906 and 1908 he appeared with great success at Bayreuth as Parsifal. First he sang at the Court Theatre in Coburg, then from 1910 to 1918 at the Municipal Theatre in Bremen, in the 1918-1920 seasons at the Municipal Theatre of Graz, from 1921 to 1926 at the Municipal Theatre of Freiburg i. Br. and since 1927 at the Opera House in Kaiserslautern. In 1910 he was active temporarily at the Dresden Court Opera. After his retirement he led from 1933 to 1944 the Mecklenburg Land Theatre in Schwerin. There he still performed occasionally, among other things as Loge in ”Rheingold”.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1904 Bayreuth Festival

1906-1908 Bayreuth Festival

1908-1910 Coburg Court Theatre

1910 Dresden Court Opera

1910-1918 Bremen Municipal Theatre

1918-1920 Graz Municipal Theatre

1921-1926 Freiburg i. Br. Municipal Theatre

1927 Kaiserslautern Opera House

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Alois Hadwiger made 7 recordings (Gramophone, Berlin 1912-11-04)

1. Evangelimann (Kienzl) Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden 4-42522 1810½ak

2. Lohengrin (Wagner) Atmest du nicht 4-42521 1812ak

3. Lohengrin (Wagner) Mein lieber Schwan 042377 293al

4. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Fanget an 042378 294al

5. Tiefland (d’Albert) Wie ich nun gestern Abend (Traumerzählung) 4-42523 1811ak

6. Walküre (Wagner) Winterstürme 4-42520 1809ak