Treptow began his vocal studies in Berlin as a baritone under the Italian bass, Giovanni Scarneo. Treptow was since 1926 a member of the SA and Nazi Party (membership number 38 579) until the discovery in 1934 of his mother's Jewish heritage. He was banned from performing until being granted special permission to do so from Joseph Goebbels on 6 June 1935. He made his stage debut in Berlin, as the Italian singer in Der Rosenkavalier, in 1936. He sang at the Vienna Volksoper in 1938, as Florestan in Fidelio. He appeared at the Sopot Festival in 1939, in the title role of Tannhäuser. He made his debut at the Munich State Opera in 1940, the Vienna State Opera in 1947, and the Bayreuth Festival in 1951.
günther, treptow, october, 1907, berlin, march, 1981, berlin, german, operatic, tenor, best, known, wagner, roles, treptow, florestan, beethoven, fidelio, treptow, began, vocal, studies, berlin, baritone, under, italian, bass, giovanni, scarneo, treptow, since. Gunther Treptow 22 October 1907 in Berlin 28 March 1981 in Berlin was a German operatic tenor best known for Wagner roles Treptow as Florestan in Beethoven s Fidelio Treptow began his vocal studies in Berlin as a baritone under the Italian bass Giovanni Scarneo Treptow was since 1926 a member of the SA and Nazi Party membership number 38 579 until the discovery in 1934 of his mother s Jewish heritage He was banned from performing until being granted special permission to do so from Joseph Goebbels on 6 June 1935 He made his stage debut in Berlin as the Italian singer in Der Rosenkavalier in 1936 He sang at the Vienna Volksoper in 1938 as Florestan in Fidelio He appeared at the Sopot Festival in 1939 in the title role of Tannhauser He made his debut at the Munich State Opera in 1940 the Vienna State Opera in 1947 and the Bayreuth Festival in 1951 He quickly established himself as one of the leading heldentenors of his generation in roles such as Siegmund in Die Walkure Siegfried in Siegfried and Gotterdammerung Walther von Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and Tristan in Tristan und Isolde Besides Wagner he also sang such roles as Max in Der Freischutz Steva in Jenufa Canio in Pagliacci and the title role in Otello On the international scene he made guest appearances at La Scala in Milan La Monnaie in Brussels the Royal Opera House in London the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires the Metropolitan Opera in New York also appearing in Leningrad and Moscow He sang at the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1961 until his retirement in 1972 Discography edit1948 Die Walkure Wagner conducted by Rudolf Moralt Role Siegmund 1948 Siegfried Wagner conducted by Rudolf Moralt Role Siegfried 1948 Gotterdammerung Wagner conducted by Rudolf Moralt Role Siegfried 1948 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Rudolf Moralt Role Parsifal 1949 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Eugen Jochum Role Walther 1950 Il Tabarro Puccini conducted by Wilhelm Loibner Role Luigi 1950 Tannhauser Wagner conducted by Kurt Schroder Role Tannhauser 1950 Rienzi Wagner conducted by Winfried Zillig Role Rienzi 1950 Tristan und Isolde Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Tristan 1950 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Walther 1950 Das Rheingold Wagner conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler Role Froh 1950 Die Walkure Wagner conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler Role Siegmund 1951 Die Walkure Wagner conducted by Fritz Stiedry Role Siegmund 1952 Tristan und Isolde Wagner conducted by Erich Kleiber Role Tristan 1952 Die Walkure Wagner conducted by Joseph Keilberth Role Siegmund 1953 Der Bergsee Bittner conducted by Felix Prohaska Role Jorg Steinlechner 1953 Rienzi Wagner conducted by Robert Heger Role Rienzi 1954 Tiefland d Albert conducted by Rudolf Moralt Role Pedro 1964 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Karl Bohm Role Eisslinger 1968 Der junge Lord Henze conducted by Christoph von Dohnanyi Role Amintore La Rocca Sources editOperissimo com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gunther Treptow amp oldid 1209031859, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
