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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. Evangelimann (Kienzl) Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden 3-42791, 4882h G&T, Berlin 1907
2. Faust (Gounod) Trinklied  AA 57341 xxB 5992 Odeon
3. Faust (Gounod) Umsonst befrage ich AA 57340 xxB 5991 Odeon
4. Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) Steuermannslied 57343 xxB5994 Odeon, Berlin 1913
5. Fliegende Holländer (Wagner) Willst jenes Tag’s X52133 Odeon
6. Fra Diavolo (Auber) Ich zähle Freunde 57344 xxB5995 Odeon, Berlin 1913
7. Freischütz (Weber) Durch die Wälder P523, P288 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
8. Freischütz (Weber) Durch die Wälder, pt 1 8052 50539 Homokord, Berlin 1922-03-22
9. Freischütz (Weber) Durch die Wälder, pt 2 8052 50540 Homokord, Berlin 1922-03-22
10. Freischütz (Weber) Jetzt ist wohl ihr Fenster offen P524, P288 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
11. Freischütz (Weber) O diese Sonne (w. Braun & Wichgraf) 76272 xxB5618 Odeon, Berlin 1911
12. Freischütz (Weber) Weh mir, mich verließ das Glück (w. Braun & Wichgraf) 76273 xxB5619 Odeon, Berlin 1911
13. Freischütz (Weber) Wolfsschlucht-Szene, (w. Braun & Wichgraf) pt 3 76259 xxB5622 Odeon, Berlin 1911
14. Freischütz (Weber) Wolfsschlucht-Szene, pt 1  (w. Braun & Wichgraf) 76257 Odeon, Berlin 1911
15. Freischütz (Weber) Wolfsschlucht-Szene, pt 2 (w. Braun & Wichgraf) 76258 xxB5621 Odeon, Berlin 1911
16. Freischütz (Weber) Wolfsschlucht-Szene, pt 4 (w. Braun & Wichgraf) 76260 xxB5623 Odeon, Berlin 1911
17. Juive (Halévy) Kehr o Gott, uns’rer Vater 51069 xB5617-2 Odeon, Berlin 1911
18. Lohengrin (Wagner) Abschied 54603 Pathé, Berlin 1911
19. Lohengrin (Wagner) Atmest du nicht 8039 Homokord, Berlin 1922-03-22
20. Lohengrin (Wagner) Atmest du nicht 54891 Pathé, Berlin 1912