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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. Tannhäuser (Wagner) 17) Weh! Weh mir Unglücksel’gen (w. Kirchhoff, Schoeffel, Weil, Armster, Neudahm, Rains & chorus) 80053 xxB4938 Odeon, Berlin 1910-02
2. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Auch ich darf mich (w. Kirchhoff) 80052 xB4942 Odeon, Berlin 1910
3. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Den Gott der Liebe sollst du preisen (w. Krull) 50703 xB4929 Odeon, Berlin 1910
4. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Erbarm’ dich mein (w. Rains, Weil, Kirchhoff, Schoeffel, Neudahm, Armster & chorus) 80053 xxB4938 Odeon, Berlin 1910
5. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Ich fleh’ für ihn (w. Krull, Rains, Weil, Kirchhoff, Schoeffel, Armster & chorus) 50708 xB4939 Odeon, Berlin 1910
6. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Mit ihnen sollst du wallen (w. Krull, Rains, Weil, Kirchhoff, Schoeffel, Neudahm, Armster & chorus) 50710 xB4940 Odeon, Berlin 1910
7. Tannhäuser (Wagner) O Fürstin (w. Krull & Weill) 50701 xB4927 Odeon, Berlin 1910
8. Tannhäuser (Wagner) O Himmel laß… Dir, Göttin der Liebe (w. Weil & chorus) 50705 xB4936 Odeon, Berlin 1910
9. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Rom-Erzählung des Tannhäuser I. Teil 8038 50519 Homokord
10. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Rom-Erzählung des Tannhäuser II. Teil 8038 50520 Homokord
11. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Tannhäusers und Biterolfs Gesänge (w. Armster) 50704 xB4935 Odeon, Berlin 1910
12. Tosca (Puccini) Die zarten Hände P1197, P291 Parlophon, Berlin 1912-02-19
13. Tosca (Puccini) Und es blitzten die Sterne P1196, P291 Parlophon, Berlin 1912-02-19
14. Trovatore (Verdi) Stretta P527, P292 Parlophon, Berlin 1911
15. Walküre (Wagner) Ein Schwert verhieß mir der Vater B8051 50542 Homokord, Berlin 1922-03-22
16. Walküre (Wagner) Liebeslied B8051 50538 Homokord, Berlin 1922-03-22
17. Walküre (Wagner) Winterstürme 3-42790 4880h G&T, Berlin 1907