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FRITZ VOGELSTROM (WESTFALEN, 4 NOVEMBER, 1882 – DRESDEN, 25 DECEMBER, 1963)

 

 

 

 

He participated in stage performances as a child and initially intended to become a businessman, but his vocal talent was discovered while singing in a male quartet. His career was supported by the Mannheim court conductor Köhler, who arranged for his engagement at the Mannheim National Theater. There, he made his debut as Tamino in 1904. During his time in Mannheim, which lasted until 1912, he continued his studies at the conservatory and later became a student of Dora Erl in Dresden. Guest performances in major German musical cities during this period helped establish his reputation.

In 1909, he performed Parsifal, Lohengrin, and Froh in Das Rheingold at the Bayreuth Festival, where his performances were particularly praised by Cosima Wagner. In 1912, he was appointed to the Dresden Court Opera (later the Dresden State Opera), where he remained the leading heroic and Wagnerian tenor until his retirement from the stage in 1929. Notably, he participated in the premieres of Richard Strauss’s operas Ariadne auf Naxos (1912) and Die Frau ohne Schatten (1919).

He also made guest appearances at London’s Covent Garden Opera, the court operas in Vienna (1904 and 1910) and Munich (1908), the Stuttgart Court Theater (1908 and 1910), the Deutsches Theater in Prague (1910), Bremen (1910), Zurich (1915), and Frankfurt am Main (1910). From 1922 onwards, he frequently performed at the Zoppot Festival, notably as Siegfried in Der Ring des Nibelungen. After initially working as a teacher in Dresden, he later settled in Köthen, Saxony.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Africaine (Meyerbeer) Das Schiff Don Pedros liegt drunten (w. Hafgren-Waag) 99656 xB5149 Odeon, Berlin 1910
2. Africaine (Meyerbeer) Dir, o Selika with Hafgren-Waag 99657 xB5148 Odeon, Berlin 1910
3. Aida (Verdi) Es hat der Stein sich über mir geschlossen (w. Denera) P520 P375 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
4. Aida (Verdi) Es hat der Stein sich über mir… (w. Hafgren-Waag) 98003 xB5635 Odeon, Berlin 1911
5. Aida (Verdi) Ich seh’ dich wieder, meine Aida (w. Denera) P374 P518, Parlophon, Berlin 1911
6. Aida (Verdi) Ich seh’ dich wieder, pt 1 (w. Hafgren-Waag) 79203 xxB5637 Odeon, Berlin 1911
7. Aida (Verdi) Ich seh’ dich wieder, pt 2 (w. Hafgren-Waag) 79204 xxB5638 Odeon, Berlin 1911
8. Aida (Verdi) Leb’ wohl, o Erde (w. Denera) P522 P375 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
9. Aida (Verdi) Sieh dort den Todesengel schon (w. Hafgren-Waag) 98004 xB5636-2 Odeon, Berlin 1911
10. Aida (Verdi) Zur Ferne entflieh’n (w. Denera) P519 P374 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
11. Bohème (Puccini) Ach, Geliebte (w. Weil) 99663 xB5157 Odeon, Berlin 1910
12. Boheme (Puccini) Che gelida manina X 52134 Odeon
13. Carmen (Bizet) Blumenarie 99497 xB4834 Odeon, Berlin 1909
14. Carmen (Bizet) Einen Kuß meiner Mutter (w. Bosetti) 99490 xB4827 Odeon, Berlin 1909
15. Carmen (Bizet) Hier an dem Herzen treu geborgen P290 P377 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
16. Carmen (Bizet) José! Micaela! (w. Bosetti) 99489 xB4826 Odeon, Berlin 1909
17. Carmen (Bizet) Wer weiß es (w. Denera) P373 P379-2 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
18. Carmen (Bizet) Wie, du kommst von der Mutter (w. Denera) Parlophon P373 P378-2 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
19. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Nun da siehst du (w. Denera) P380 P377 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
20. Evangelimann (Kienzl) Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden 2-1198 P290 Parlophon, Berlin 1912-02-19