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Eduard Mantius
Jacob Eduard Mantius (18 January 1806 – 4 July 1874) was a German operatic tenor, composer and voice teacher. Life Born in Schwerin, at the request of his father, a factory owner, Mantius began studying law at the University of Rostock in the autumn of 1826. A year later, he broke off his studies and moved to Leipzig to study music. He took singing lessons with Christian August Pohlenz, the then director of the Gewandhausorchester. In 1829, he sang the tenor parts at a concert in Halle (Saale) conducted by Gasparo Spontini, the general music director of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. In the same year he became a member of the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin, Berliner Singakademie, which was conducted by Karl Friedrich Zelter. In 1830, King Frederick William III of Prussia appointed him as a singer at his court opera. He made his debut there with great success as Tamino in Mozart's ''Magic Flute''. His sonorous tenor and his acting talent soon made him famous outside of Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mantius
:''Mantius is also a genus of jumping spiders''. In Greek mythology, Mantius (; Ancient Greek: Μάντιος means "diviner, seer, prophet") was the son of Melampus and Iphianassa and the father of Cleitus, Polypheides and, in some versions, of Oicles.Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'', 6. 17. 6 Notes References * Homer, ''The Odyssey'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. * Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
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Hermann Thomaschek
Hermann Thomaschek (13 April 1824 – 11 December 1910) was a German operatic bass. Life Born in Czerniki, East Prussia, as Sohn eines evangelischen Pfarrers studierte Thomaschek an der Albertus-Universität Königsberg Theologie und Philologie. 1846 wurde er Mitglied der .Kösener Korpslisten 1910, 142/115. Won for singing by Eduard Mantius in 1847, he was trained by Franz Hauser in Munich. He had his first stage appearance in 1849 in Danzig in the . It followed annually changing engagements: Hoftheater Sondershausen (1849/50), Mainfranken Theater Würzburg. (1850/51), Barfüsserkloster Zurich (1851/52), Volkstheater Rostock (1852/53), Staatstheater Kassel (1853/54), Deutsche Oper Amsterdam (1854/55), (1855/56) and Szczecin City Theatre (1856/57). With a Wanderbühne, he was in Lausanne and Chambéry in 1857/58. Then he found firm engagements in Theater Lübeck. (1858/59), at the Staatstheater Nürnberg, at the Salzburger Landestheater (1861/62) and at the Theater Basel (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1874 Deaths
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1806 Births
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Voice Teachers
A voice teacher or singing teacher is a musical instructor who assists adults and children in the development of their abilities in singing. Typical work A voice teacher works with a student singer to improve the various skills involved in singing. These skills include breath control and support, tone production and resonance, pitch control and musical intonation, proper formation of vowels and consonants as well as clarity of words, blending the various high and low ranges of a voice (called "registration"), an attentiveness to musical notation and phrasing, the learning of songs, as well as good posture and vocal health. The voice teacher might operate in a private studio or be affiliated with a college or university faculty. Roles Students usually start vocal instruction after their voices have settled in later teen years. Part of the job of any voice teacher is to know a student's vocal characteristics sufficiently well to identify their voice type. Women are usually clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Composers
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Operatic Tenors
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * Germa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul List (publisher)
Paul List (21 August 1869 – 30 April 1929) was a German publisher. Life Born in Berlin the son of Friedrich Jacob Alfred List (1829-1882), banker and co-founder of , and his wife Christine Marie Louise, ''née'' Simon, started out in Göttingen But then he started the career of his grandfather, the Berlin publisher Jacob Alfred List (1778-1848), who studied agriculture and became a bookseller at the publishing house Schall & Grund, Berlin. On April 1, 1894 List founded the Paul List Verlag in Berlin, in the tradition of his grandfather's List-Verlag, which was founded in 1814. In 1896 he moved to Leipzig, Carolinenstraße 22, where he concentrated on light fiction and non-fiction. Among its most successful authors was Nataly von Eschstruth. Together with (1876-1955) he founded in 1907 a publishing house for schoolbooks, whose "geographical section" he established by buying the corresponding parts of the Brunswick publishing house Helmut Wollermann. This was the beginning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludwig Eisenberg (writer)
Ludwig Julius Eisenberg (5 March 1858 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia – 25 January 1910 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian writer and encyclopedist. He wrote a lexicon of stage artists, among other publications. Publications * ''Das geistige Wien'' ** (with Richard Groner) Volume 1, 1889 ''Das geistige Wien. Mittheilungen über die in Wien lebenden Architekten, Bildhauer, Bühnenkünstler, Graphiker, Journalisten, Maler, Musiker und Schriftsteller'' ** (with Richard Groner) Volume 2, 1890 ''Das geistige Wien. Mittheilungen über die in Wien lebenden Architekten, Bildhauer, Bühnenkünstler, Graphiker, Journalisten, Maler, Musiker und Schriftsteller. Künstler- und Schriftsteller Lexikon'' ** Volume 3, 1891 ''Künstler- und Schriftsteller-Lexikon Das geistige Wien. Mittheilungen über Wiener Architekten, Bildhauer, Bühnenkünstler, Graphiker, Journalisten, Maler, Musiker und Schriftsteller'' ** Volume 4, 1892 "Supplementband" ''Künstler- und Schriftsteller-Lexikon D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Tscherpa
Amanda Tscherpa, real name Amanda Lachenwitz (1 May 1846 – September 1915) was a German operatic mezzosoprano and stage actress. Life Born in Düsseldorf, Cherpa was trained by Minona Frieb-Blumauer and Eduard Mantius and began her stage career as a soubrette in Cologne. Then she was engaged in Berlin, Magdeburg, Bremen, Nuremberg, Breslau, Stettin and Königsberg (East Prussia) and St. Petersburg. From 1888 until 1892, she worked at the municipal theatre of Riga, both as an opera singer and as an actress. After that, she worked in Cologne again until 1903. Notable opera roles include Gertru in ''Hans Heiling'' by Marschner, Marguerite in ''La dame blanche'' by Boieldieu, Mary in ''The Flying Dutchman'', the Countess in ''Der Wildschütz'' by Lortzing, Marthe in ''Faust'' by Gounod, Marchesa in ''La fille du régiment'' by Donizetti and Edwige in ''Wilhelm Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodor Reichmann
Theodor Reichmann (15 March 1849 – 22 May 1903) was a German operatic baritone. Life Born in Rostock, the son of a lawyer, Albert Reichmann began a commercial apprenticeship in Berlin at his parents' request, but soon devoted himself exclusively to his musical education. He took singing lessons with Johann Elssler, Eduard Mantius and Johann Reß. Reichmann made his debut at the Stadttheater Magdeburg as Ottokar in Carl Maria von Weber's '' Freischütz in 1869.'' After that, he had engagements in Rotterdam, Cologne and Strasbourg. From 1872 to 1875, he was at the Hamburgische Staatsoper, then at the National Theatre Munich until 1883. In 1881 Reichmann made his debut at the Wiener Hofoper, whose ensemble he was a member of from 1883 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1903. From 1889 to 1891, he was engaged 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bulß
Paul Bulß (19 December 1847 – 19 March 1902) was a German baritone, mostly in opera but also in concert and recital, who appeared at leading court opera houses including Dresden, Berlin and Vienna. He appeared in title roles such as Mozart's Don Giovanni, Marschner's Hans Heiling, Rossini's Barber and Wagner's Holländer. He created roles in several world premieres, such as in Kienzl's ''Der Evangelimann'' and ''Don Quixote''. Life Born in the Birkholz estate, Prignitz district in Brandenburg,"Paul Bulß" '''', 1892 Bulß, son of the manor's owner, was discovered by his singing teacher |
