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FRITZ TROSTORFF (RATINGEN, 29 OCTOBER, 1874 – BRESLAU, 1945)

 

 

 

 

He began his career as a member of the chorus at the Municipal Theatre of Zurich during the 1893–1894 season. From 1894 to 1898 he was engaged as a chorister at the Court Theatre of Weimar, where he also received his vocal training. In 1898 he began his career as a soloist at the Municipal Theatre of Metz, where he remained until 1904.

During the 1904–1906 seasons he appeared at the Theatre of Königsberg, and from 1906 to 1914 he was a member of the Breslau Opera House. He later made guest appearances in Berlin, but after the First World War returned to Breslau, where he became a respected singing teacher. Trostorff also performed several operetta roles.

His guest engagements included frequent appearances at the Court Theatres of Dresden and Hanover, as well as at the Berlin Court Opera (1907), the Court Theatres of Karlsruhe and Mannheim, and the German Theatre in Brünn (1908).

His repertoire included Max in Weber’s Der Freischütz, Florestan in Beethoven’s Fidelio, Erik in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, as well as Tristan, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Siegfried, Aegisth in Richard Strauss’s Elektra, Herod in Salome, Fra Diavolo, Don José in Bizet’s Carmen, and Canio in Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1898-1904 Metz Opera House

1904-06 Königsberg Opera House

1907 Berlin Court Opera

1908 Brünn German Theatre

1906-1914 Wroclaw Opera House

 

 

FRANZ PETTER (INNSBRUCK, JUNE 4, 1869 – INNSBRUCK, SEPTEMBER 11, 1943)

 

 

 

 

He initially trained as a joiner under his father and took over the family business after his father’s death. His vocal talent was discovered while singing in a Tyrolean choral society, after which he studied singing in Berlin with Schulze-Strelitz.

He first appeared as a concert singer, giving recitals in Berlin, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, and Dresden, sometimes in collaboration with the pianist Sophie Menter. In 1895 he made his operatic debut at the Berlin Court Opera in Flotow’s Alessandro Stradella. He later completed his vocal training with the teacher Eduard Bellwidt in Frankfurt am Main.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1895 Berlin Hofoper

1896 Prague Deutschen Landestheater

1897 Wiesbaden Hoftheater

1897-1899 Frankfurt am Main Oper

1899 Dresden Hofoper

1900 Leipzig Opernhäus

1901 Dresden Hofoper

1901 Bayreuth Festival

1901 Bayreuth Festival

1904-1911 Köln Opernhaus

1905-1907 Hannover Opernhaus

1909 Karlsruhe Hoftheater

1910 Leipzig Opernhäus

1911 Riga Opernhaus

1921 Köln Concert

 

FRITZ BISCHOFF

 

 

 

He studied singing with Julius Hey in Munich and Eugen Robert Weiss in Berlin. In 1906 he received his first engagement at the Stadttheater in Lübeck. During the 1907–1908 season he sang in Kiel, from 1908 to 1912 in Düsseldorf, during the 1912–1913 season in Graz, and from 1913 to 1918 at the Stadttheater in Strasbourg, then part of Germany. Afterward he settled in Frankfurt am Main, where he pursued a career as a freelance tenor.

He made guest appearances at the Court Operas of Berlin (1908 and 1909 as Lohengrin), Vienna, and Munich, as well as at the theatres in Karlsruhe, Hanover, Wiesbaden, Brunswick, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Cologne, and Amsterdam.

He specialized primarily in the Wagnerian repertoire, singing roles such as Siegmund, Siegfried, Tristan, Tannhäuser, Erik, and Walther von Stolzing. His repertoire also included Manrico in Il trovatore, Radamès in Aida, Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana, Canio in Pagliacci, Don José in Carmen, Pedro in d’Albert’s Tiefland, and Mathias in Kienzl’s Der Evangelimann.

 

 

 

HEINRICH WINCKELSHOFF (DEUTZ, COLOGNE, 4 DECEMBER, 1881 – BAD GODESBERG, COLOGNE, 3 JULY, 1949)

 

 

 

 

He received his education in Cologne and made his debut in 1907 at the Cologne Opera House, where he remained active until 1918. Initially appearing as a guest in various opera performances, he later devoted himself entirely to operetta, performing from 1920 to 1926 at the Reichshallen Operetta Theater in Cologne. During his operatic career, he sang roles such as Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Lohengrin, Parsifal, Froh in Das Rheingold, the King’s Son in Königskinder, Fenton in Falstaff, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana, and Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. Between 1910 and 1913, he successfully performed Wagnerian repertoire at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels. He also made a few recordings for Parlophon.

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Fritz Trostorff Lohengrin (Wagner) In fernem Land 042162 0799v Gramophone, Berlin 1908

Fritz Trostorff Tannhäuser (Wagner) Inbrunst im Herzen 042161 0798v Gramophone, Berlin 1908

Franz Petter Wanderlied (Schumann) 42808 747h G&T, Dresden 1902

Fritz Bischoff Carmen (Bizet) Blumenarie 13051 Beka

Fritz Bischoff Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Am stillen Herd 13055 Beka

Fritz Bischoff Faust (Gounod) Salut demeure chaste et pure 13048 Beka

Fritz Bischoff Tannhäuser (Wagner) Dir töne Lob 13056 Beka

Heinrich Winckelshoff Der Asra (Rubinstein) P1982 2-8081 Parlophon, Berlin 1925-04-17

Heinrich Winckelshoff Der Lenz (Hildach) P1948 2-8082 Parlophon, Berlin 1925-04-17

Heinrich Winckelshoff Heimliche Aufforderung (R Strauss); Liebesfeier (Weingartner) P1885 2-7777 Parlophon, Berlin 1924-12-17

Heinrich Winckelshoff Still wie die Nacht (Bohm) P1982 2-8085 Parlophon, Berlin 1925-04-17