Description

HANS SCHLITZER (COLOGNE, 1869 – HAMBURG, 1945)

 

 

 

 

He probably made his debut in 1893 at the Municipal Theatre in Lübeck, and sang during the 1894–96 seasons at the Municipal Theatre in Essen. He then appeared as a guest during the 1896–98 seasons at the Municipal Theatre in Zurich and in 1898–99 at the Opera House in Cologne. From 1899 to 1904, he was a member of the Municipal Theatre in Strasbourg, followed by the 1905–06 season at the Opera House of Leipzig, from 1906 to 1908 at the Municipal Theatre of Hamburg, and in the 1908–09 season at the Municipal Theatre of Magdeburg.

He made guest appearances at the Court Operas of Munich, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe, and Gotha, as well as at the Opera Houses of Frankfurt a. M., Wroclaw, and Riga, and at the Municipal Theatre of Bern, Switzerland.

At the beginning of his career, he sang lyric tenor roles such as Lyonel in Flotow’s Martha, Faust in Gounod’s Faust, and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. Later, he took on more dramatic parts including Don José in Carmen, Vasco da Gama in Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine, the title role in Massenet’s Werther, Radamès in Aida, Tannhäuser, and Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

He later settled in Hamburg, where, after the First World War, he worked as a pedagogue at the Bernuth Conservatory.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1893 Lübeck Municipal Theatre

1894-1896 Essen Municipal Theatre

1896-1898 Zurich Municipal Theatre

1898-1899 Cologne Opera House

1899-1904 Strasbourg Municipal Theatre

1905-1906 Leipzig Opera House

1906-1908 Hamburg Municipal Theatre

1908-1909 Magdeburg Municipal Theatre

 

TRACKLIST

 

Star Record

Lohengrin (Wagner): Höchstes vertrauen 3023

 

Beka

Lohengrin (Wagner): Schwanenlied 11255

Lohengrin (Wagner): Gralserzählung 11254

 

Edison 2-min cylinders, Berlin 1908-02?

Freischütz (Weber): Durch die Wälder 12382