Theodor Reichmann
Theodor Reichmann
Theodor Reichmann (15 March 1849 – 22 May 1903) was a German operatic baritone.
Life
Born in
In 1881 Reichmann made his debut at the
Krolloper and the Metropolitan Opera. From 1882 to 1902, he had regular appearances at the Bayreuth Festival. At the Bayreuth premiere cast of Parsifal in 1882 he sang the part of Amfortas.[3][4]
In 1888 Reichmann was appointed Kammersänger. He was awarded the Order of Franz Joseph among others. In Vienna, the Reichmanngasse is named after him.
Reichmann died in Wangen (Öhningen) at the age of 54.
Berlin-Kreuzberg
Already for a long time suffering from a heart condition, Reichmann died on 22 May 1903 - the 90th birthday of Richard Wagner – in
Bodensee following a stroke.[5] Reichmann was buried in Berlin at the cemetery in front of the Hallesches Tor. In the preserved lattice tomb there is a multi-level funerary monument made of black granite, on which the marble sculpture of a mourner is leaning, created around 1904 in the stonemason workshop of Wilhelm Sipperling. A medallion with the portrait of the deceased has been lost.[6]
Repertoire
Reichmann as trumpeter of Säckingen
- Wilhelm Tell – Guillaume Tell
- Lord Ruthwen – Der Vampyr
- Hans Heiling – Hans Heiling
- Der Holländer – Der fliegende Holländer
- Wolfram – Tannhäuser
- Hans Sachs – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
- Wotan – Der Ring des Nibelungen
- Graf Luna – Der Troubadour
- Hamlet – Hamlet
- Werner Kirchhofer – Der Trompeter von Säckingen (by Victor Ernst Nessler)
Further reading
- Ludwig Eisenberg: Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert. Verlag von Paul List, Leipzig 1903, p 810 ff. (Theodor Reichmann is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive).
- Ludwig Eisenberg: Das geistige Wien. Künstler- und Schriftsteller-Lexikon. Mittheilungen über Wiener Architekten, Bildhauer, Bühnenkünstler, Graphiker, Journalisten, Maler, Musiker und Schriftsteller. Vol. 1. Wien, Daberkow, 1889 ff.
- Christian Fastl: Theodor. In ISBN 3-7001-3046-5.
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References
- ^ Theodor Reichmann on Ipernity
- ^ Reichmann, Theodor on Encyclopedia.com
- ^ Reichmann Theodor in the Großes Sängerlexikon
- ^ Theodor Reichmann on Oxford Reference
- ^ Neue Freie Presse. 22. May 1903, Abendblatt, p. 3 (retrieved 23 August 2020). Theodor Reichmann. In die Neue Freie Presse, 23 May 1903, Morgenblatt, pp. 1–2.
- ISBN 978-3-86514-206-1, p. 245.
External links
- Literature by and about Theodor Reichmann in the German National Library catalogue
- Theodor Reichmann at the Wiener Staatsoper
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