Description

PETER MÜLLER (KOBLENZ, 1863 – STUTTGART, 1914)

 

 

 

 

After a brief period of training, he became a chorister at the theaters in Koblenz and Zürich and, in 1885, joined the Hofoper in Stuttgart. The opera house’s directorship allowed him to perfect his studies by taking additional lessons. After further vocal studies, he made his debut at this opera house as Lyonel in Martha (1890). In 1897, he made guest appearances at the Opernhaus in Frankfurt am Main. He also performed at the Stadttheater in Zürich (1900), the Opernhaus in Leipzig (1897), the Hoftheater in Wiesbaden (1901) and Karlsruhe (1909), and the Hofoper in Munich (1904).

His repertoire included roles such as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon, Chapelou in Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Léopold in La Juive, Alfonso in La muette de Portici, Tonio in La fille du régiment, Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Arnoldo in Guglielmo Tell, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana. In 1894, he performed in the premiere of Ferdinand Langer’s opera Der Pfeifer von Hardt at the Stuttgart Opera. He also appeared successfully in operettas and was highly regarded as a concert singer.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1885 Stuttgart Hofoper

1890 Stuttgart Hofoper

1894 Stuttgarter Oper

1897 Frankfurt a.M. Opernhaus

1897 Leipzig Opernhaus

1900 Zürich Stadttheater

1901 Wiesbaden Hoftheater

1904 München Hofoper

1909 Karlsruhe Hoftheater

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Così fan tutte (Mozart) Fraget sanft (w. Weil) 2-44487 5187r Gramophone, Stuttgart 1908
2. Ja, du bist meine Seligkeit (Bohm) 99692, 51961 xB5284 Odeon, Berlin 1911
3. Im Herzen hab’ ich dich getragen (Abt) 51962 xB5285 Odeon, Berlin 1911
4. Carmen (Bizet) Hier an dem Herzen treu geborgen P832 2-832 Parlophon, Stuttgart 1911
5. Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen P827 2-827 Parlophon, Stuttgart 1911
6. Dragons de Villars (Maillart) O schweige still 51964 xB5277 Odeon, Berlin 1911
7. Der Rodelzigeuner (Snaga) Ja, himmlische Märchen P834 2-834 Parlophon, Stuttgart 1911
8. Der Rodelzigeuner (Snaga) Ja, himmlische Märchen 99680 xB5283 Odeon, Berlin 1911
9. Martha (Flotow) Ach so fromm P833 2-833 Parlophon, Stuttgart 1911