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Hans Lissmann (tenor)
Hans Lissmann, also ''Hans Lißmann'', (19 September 1885 – 26 May 1964) was a German operatic tenor. Life Born in Hamburg, Lissman was the son of the bass baritone Friedrich Heinrich Lissmann (1847–1894) and the soprano Anna Marie Lissmann-Gutzschbach (1847–1928). His sister Eva-Katharina Lissmann (1883–after 1917) was also a concert singer. Lißmann studied Ochestral conducting, among others with Arthur Nikisch at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig and at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden, and subsequently worked as a conductor at various German theatres. He received his vocal training with Raimund von Zur Mühlen in London and with Ernesto Colli in Milan. in 1913 he came back to Germany. After a short engagement at the Hamburg Volksoper he was first lyrical tenor at the Opera in Leipzig from 1914 until 1933. There, he sang more than 100 parts, e.g. in 1919 in the world premiere of the opera ''Revolutio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenor
A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is widely defined to be B2, though some roles include an A2 (two As below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to the second F above middle C (F5). The tenor voice type is generally divided into the ''leggero'' tenor, lyric tenor, spinto tenor, dramatic tenor, heldentenor, and tenor buffo or . History The name "tenor" derives from the Latin word ''wikt:teneo#Latin, tenere'', which means "to hold". As Fallows, Jander, Forbes, Steane, Harris and Waldman note in the "Tenor" article at ''Grove Music Online'': In polyphony between about 1250 and 1500, the [tenor was the] structurally fundamental (or 'holding') voice, vocal or instrumental; by the 15th century it came to signify the male voice that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomaskantor
(Cantor at St. Thomas) is the common name for the musical director of the , now an internationally known boys' choir founded in Leipzig in 1212. The official historic title of the Thomaskantor in Latin, ', describes the two functions of cantor and director. As the cantor, he prepared the choir for service in four Lutheran churches, Thomaskirche (St. Thomas), Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas), Neue Kirche (New Church) and Peterskirche (St. Peter). As director, he organized music for city functions such as town council elections and homages. Functions related to the university took place at the Paulinerkirche. Johann Sebastian Bach was the most famous , from 1723 to 1750. Position Leipzig has had a university dating back to 1409, and is a commercial center, hosting a trade fair first mentioned in 1165. It has been mostly Lutheran since the Reformation. The position of Thomaskantor at Bach's time has been described as "one of the most respected and influential musical offices of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Opera Composers
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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] |
Masonic Lodge
A Masonic lodge, often termed a private lodge or constituent lodge, is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also commonly used as a term for a building in which such a unit meets. Every new lodge must be warranted or chartered by a Grand Lodge, but is subject to its direction only in enforcing the published constitution of the jurisdiction. By exception the three surviving lodges that formed the world's first known grand lodge in London (now merged into the United Grand Lodge of England) have the unique privilege to operate as ''time immemorial'', i.e., without such warrant; only one other lodge operates without a warrant – the Grand Stewards' Lodge in London, although it is not also entitled to the "time immemorial" title. A Freemason is generally entitled to visit any lodge in any jurisdiction (i.e., under any Grand Lodge) in amity with his own. In some jurisdictions this privilege is restricted to Master Masons (that is, Freemasons who have attained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Apreck
Rolf Apreck (9 February 1928 – 21 May 1989) was a German operatic tenor. Life Training and engagement in Halle Born in Leipzig, Apreck was the son of a bank director and studied singing at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig from 1946 to 1949. During this time, he was already singing oratorio solo parts in the University Church. His first engagement took him to Halle/Saale, he was a member of the ensemble of the Handel Festival, Halle. At the same time his career as a concert and oratorio singer began. Guest performances with the Thomanerchor and the Dresdner Kreuzchor, Lieder recitals and concerts took him all over the world. In 1956, he was engaged by the Landestheater Halle, where he made his debut with the part of Don Ottavio in ''Don Giovanni''. Chamber singer in Leipzig In 1959, Apreck was awarded the title "Kammersänger" and the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic. From the 1959/60 season, he was engaged as Heldentenor at the Leipzig Opera, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reiner Süß
Reiner Süß (2 February 1930 – 29 January 2015) was a German Kammersänger (bass), entertainer and politician (SPD). Life Born in Chemnitz, Süß attended the St. Thomas School, Leipzig and studied singing with Hans Lissmann among others. He was a member of the Leipzig Thomanerchor. From 1953, Süß was engaged by the Leipziger Rundfunkchor. Süß made his stage debut in 1956 in the in Bernburg as Njegus in ''The Merry Widow''. In the following year, Süß was engaged by the Halle Opera House. Since 1959, he was a member of the Berlin State Opera in the role of a Bassbuffo. In 1962, he received the title Kammersänger. Important roles were the Ochs auf Lerchenau in ''Der Rosenkavalier'', Bartolo in ''Il barbiere di Siviglia'' and ''Falstaff''. Süß also appeared in productions of contemporary operas, such as the title role in Paul Dessau's ''Puntila'' and as Kowaljow in Shostakovich's opera '' The Nose''. In 1967, he was awarded the National Prize of the GDR. He celebra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Grillparzer
Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer (15 January 1791 – 21 January 1872) was an Austrian writer who was considered to be the leading Austrian dramatist of the 19th century. His plays were and are frequently performed at the famous Burgtheater in Vienna. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral, as well as the epitaph for his friend Franz Schubert. While writing during the period of Romanticism, Grillparzer's poetic language owes far more to the period of Classicism which reigned during his formative years. Committed to the classical ideals of aesthetic beauty and morality, his plots shy away from the realism which developed during his time, preferring instead to use the theater to address spiritual values, which in the words of the dying queen of his Libussa, would only come after the period of Materialism had passed. Due to the identity-creating use of his works, especially after World War II, he was named as the national poet of Austria. Biography Franz Grill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marta Adam
Mart(h)a Adam (born 27 August 1895) was a German contralto and voice teacher who appeared exclusively in lied and oratorio. She formed a vocal quartet, the , with soprano Ilse Helling-Rosenthal, tenor Hans Lißmann and her later husband Wolfgang Rosenthal as the bass, performing in Europe. Life Adam was born in Leipzig in a musical family. The composer was among her ancestors. Her father owned a factory, and her mother was a piano teacher. She received her vocal training at the Leipzig Conservatory with Marie Hedmondt. She formed a vocal quartet in Leipzig in 1919, the Rosenthal-Quartet, with soprano Ilse Helling-Rosenthal, tenor Hans Lißmann and her later husband, bass Wolfgang Rosenthal. The vocal ensemble performed in Europe with great success. In 1918, they performed the '' Liebesliederwalzer'' by Johannes Brahms, and a reviewer noted the beauty and blending of their voices. On 11 March 1920, they were the soloists in a concert at the Gewandhaus, with Arthur Nikisch co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilse Helling-Rosenthal
Sophie Marie Ilse Helling-Rosenthal (15 February 188623 March 1939) was a German soprano singer and voice teacher who appeared primarily in lied and oratorio. She formed a vocal quartet, the Rosenthal-Quartet, with her husband Wolfgang Rosenthal as the bass, contralto Marta Adam and tenor Hans Lißmann. Life Born in Leipzig, Helling was the daughter of the Leipzig merchant Traugott Iwan Helling and his wife Helene, ''née'' Schmidt. She received her vocal training at the Leipzig Conservatory with Marie Hedmondt. She became a voice teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory. On 8 June 1914, she married Wolfgang Rosenthal, a physician and bass-baritone, at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. The couple moved to Bad Blankenburg. With him, she formed in Leipzig the Rosenthal-Quartet in 1919, including the contralto Marta Adam and the tenor Hans Lißmann. The vocal ensemble performed in Europe with great success. In 1918, they performed the '' Liebesliederwalzer'' by Johannes Brahms, and a rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
