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CARL GÜNTHER (OTTENSEN, 22 NOVEMBER, 1885 – HAMBURG, 9 SEPTEMBER, 1958)

 

 

 

 

He made his debut in 1912 at the Opera House in Hamburg as Florestan in Fidelio and remained a member of this opera house until the end of his stage career. On November 2, 1920, he appeared in the premiere of Clemens von Franckenstein’s opera Li-Tai-Pe (Des Kaisers Dichter) and, on October 7, 1927, in the premiere of Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s opera Das Wunder der Heliane. In 1926, he achieved great success in Hamburg with his performance in Verdi’s Don Carlo.

He also made guest appearances at the Städtische Oper in Berlin, the Vienna State Opera in 1924 and 1927, and the Opera House in The Hague in 1926, where he performed as Max in Der Freischütz. During World War II, he continued to perform on stage. Following his retirement, he worked as a vocal pedagogue in Hamburg.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1912 Hamburg Opera House

1920 Hamburg Opera House

1924 Wien Staatsoper

1926 Hamburg Opera House

1926 Hague Opera House

1927 Wien Staatsoper

1927 Hamburg Opera House

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Odeon, Berlin 1917

Carmen (Bizet): Hier an dem Herzen treu geborgen AA79389 xxB6387

Zauberflöte (Mozart): Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön AA79390 xxB6388

Rigoletto (Verdi): Freundlich blick’ ich AA79017 xxB6389

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Jetzt spielen AA53004 xxB6390

Freischütz (Weber): Nein, länger trag’ ich nicht die Qualen AA79302 xxB6391

Freischütz (Weber): Jetzt ist wohl ihr Fenster offen AA79303 xxB6392

Ich trage meine Minne (R Strauss) AA79180 xxB6393

Heimliche Aufforderung (R Strauss) AA79181 xxB6394

Winterlied (von Koss) AA79183 xxB6395-2

Für dich allein (Geehl) AA79018 xxB6396

 

Vox, Berlin 1921-11?

Wohin? (Schubert) 3337 36B

Frühlingsglaube (Schubert) 3337 37B

Es muss ein Wunderbares sein (Liszt) 3005 38B

Der Hidalgo (Schumann) 3005 39B

Du bist die Ruh’ (Schubert) 03010 23A

O komm’ im Traum (Liszt) 03010 24A

Lohengrin (Wagner): Mein lieber Schwan! 03054 26A

Tosca (Puccini): Und es blitzten die Sterne 03054 28A