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Carl Hermann Bachmann (7 October 1864 – 5 July 1937) was a German operatic
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and singing teacher.


Life

Born in
Cottbus Cottbus (; Lower Sorbian: ''Chóśebuz'' ; Polish: Chociebuż) is a university city and the second-largest city in Brandenburg, Germany. Situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree, Cottbus is also a major railway junction with exten ...
, Bachmann, who initially became a merchant, took singing lessons with Gustav Schmidt in Berlin. He made his debut as a singer in 1890 at the Stadttheater in Halle an der Saale, where he remained until 1894. From 1894 to 1897, he worked at the Nuremberg City Theatre. From 1897 to 1918, he joined the Berlin Court Opera, where he also worked as a director from 1910. Later he worked as a singing teacher. Bachmann died in Berlin at the age of 72.Herman Bachmann
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Großes Sängerlexikon ''Großes Sängerlexikon'' (''Biographical Dictionary of Singers'', literally: Large singers' lexicon) is a single-field dictionary of singers in classical music, edited by Karl-Josef Kutsch and Leo Riemens and first published in 1987. The first ...
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References


Further reading

* Ludwig Eisenberg: ''Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert''.
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publishing house, Leipzig 1903, , (). * K. J. Kutsch,
Leo Riemens Leonardus Antony Marinus Riemens (3 December 1910 – 3 April 1985) was a Dutch musicologist and cultural journalist. He wrote a book about Maria Callas, and together with Karl-Josef Kutsch began a reference book about opera singers in 1962, which ...
: ''
Großes Sängerlexikon ''Großes Sängerlexikon'' (''Biographical Dictionary of Singers'', literally: Large singers' lexicon) is a single-field dictionary of singers in classical music, edited by Karl-Josef Kutsch and Leo Riemens and first published in 1987. The first ...
.'' K. G. Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A–L, Sp. 126,


External links


Bachmann, Hermann
on ' * Klaus Ulrich Spiegel
''Tönendes Denkmal – Der stimmgewaltige Bassbariton Hermann Bachmann''
on ku-spiegel.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Bachmann, Hermann 1864 births 1937 deaths People from Cottbus Musicians from the Province of Brandenburg German opera directors German operatic baritones Voice teachers