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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. Lohengrin (Wagner) Atmest du nicht mit mir die süßen Düfte P283 P372 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
2. Lohengrin (Wagner) Das süsse Lied verhallt (w. Denera) P521 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
3. Lohengrin (Wagner) Das süße Lied verhallt (w. Hafgren-Waag) 99660 xB5155 Odeon, Berlin 1910
4. Lohengrin (Wagner) Grals-Erzählung P284 P526 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
5. Lohengrin (Wagner) Höchstes Vertrauen P283 P373 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
6. Lohengrin (Wagner) Lohengrins Abschied P525, P284 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
7. Lohengrin (Wagner) Mein lieber Schwan (Abschied) 03156 Vox, Berlin 1922
8. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Wer in euren Landen (w. Bosetti) 99696, xB4830 Odeon, Berlin 1909
9. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Am stillen Herd B8053 50543 Homokord
10. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Am stillen Herd P285 P374 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
11. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Fanget an P285 P375 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
12. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Preislied P286 2-1199 Parlophon, Berlin 1912-02-19
13. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Hüll dich in Tand B8053 50541 Homokord
14. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Hüll dich in Tand nur P289 P371 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
15. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Jetzt spielen 99493 xB4829 Odeon, Berlin 1909
16. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Scherzet immer P289 P370 Parlophon, Berlin 1910/1911
17. Parsifal (Wagner) Nur eine Waffe tauget 03156 Vox, Berlin 1922
18. Siegfried (Wagner) Du holdes Vögelein P1195, P287 Parlophon, Berlin 1912-02-19
19. Siegfried (Wagner) Notung, Notung, neidliches Schwert P1194, P287, Parlophon, Berlin 1912-02-19
20. Tannhäuser (Wagner) 12) Auch ich darf mich so glücklich nennen (w. Kirchhoff) 79100 xxB4942 Odeon, Berlin 1910-02