Martin Abendroth (4 October 1883 – 14 December 1977 in

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) was a German opera singer (

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) and voice teacher.

Life and career

Abendroth was trained in Berlin where he was born. In 1906 he made his debut at the Stadttheater Königsberg. Afterwards he sang at the Stadttheater of Krefeld, the

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, the

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and from 1925 at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. He created the role of the Doctor in Alban Berg's ''

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'' on 14 December 1925, conducted by Erich Kleiber, with Leo Schützendorf in the title role. From 1927 to 1931 he was also a member of the Berliner

Krolloper The Kroll Opera House (german: Krolloper, Kroll-Oper) in Berlin, Germany, was in the Tiergarten district on the western edge of the '' Königsplatz'' square (today ''Platz der Republik''), facing the Reichstag building. It was built in 1844 as ...

. At the opening of the house on 19 November 1927, he appeared as Rocco in Beethoven's ''

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''. He took part in the first staged performance of Stravinsky's ''

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'', conducted by Otto Klemperer. In 1929, he appeared at the Sopot Festival at the Forest Opera as Pogner in Wagner's ''

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''. He also appeared as a concert and song singer. He was married to the soprano Marianne Keiler, who worked in Mannheim, Breslau and Wuppertal. He recorded arias of Sarastro from Mozart's '' Die Zauberflöte'' in 1928.

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