His voice was very high, thin, and piercing, and capable of an extraordinary range of colors. His style sharply divided critics and audiences, especially in the roles of Mime and Herod. It was denigrated as being over-neurotic, glorified sprechstimme by some,[1] while others praised it for its deep characterization and astonishing virtuosity.
He made his debut in 1949 at the State Opera in Dresden as Moser, one of the Mastersingers in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, the same role in which he made his first appearance at the Bayreuth Festival in 1951. He was a member of the Berlin State Opera from 1953–1961. Other house debuts include the Vienna State Opera in 1957, the Covent Garden in 1960 (as Mime in a complete Ring under Solti), and the Metropolitan Opera in 1968 as Loge. He sang in the first performances or first stagings of Werner Egk's Der Revisor, Heimo Erbse's Julietta, Carl Orff's Oedipus der Tyrann, Frank Martin's Le mystère de la Nativité, and Giselher Klebe's Jacobowsky und der Oberst.
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Gerhard Stolze 1 October 1926 Dessau 11 March 1979 Garmisch Partenkirchen was a German operatic tenor He was a character tenor best known as a Wagner singer His signature role was Mime Das Rheingold Siegfried Other important roles were David Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Loge Das Rheingold Aegisth Elektra and Herod Salome He also sang the Captain in Wozzeck and the roles of Oberon A Midsummer Night s Dream and the Emperor Nero both of which were originally written for countertenor He recorded Mozart s high tenor Singspiel roles Monostatos and Pedrillo He portrays Mime on both the studio recordings of Siegfried by Herbert von Karajan and Georg Solti His voice was very high thin and piercing and capable of an extraordinary range of colors His style sharply divided critics and audiences especially in the roles of Mime and Herod It was denigrated as being over neurotic glorified sprechstimme by some 1 while others praised it for its deep characterization and astonishing virtuosity He made his debut in 1949 at the State Opera in Dresden as Moser one of the Mastersingers in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg the same role in which he made his first appearance at the Bayreuth Festival in 1951 He was a member of the Berlin State Opera from 1953 1961 Other house debuts include the Vienna State Opera in 1957 the Covent Garden in 1960 as Mime in a complete Ring under Solti and the Metropolitan Opera in 1968 as Loge He sang in the first performances or first stagings of Werner Egk s Der Revisor Heimo Erbse s Julietta Carl Orff s Oedipus der Tyrann Frank Martin s Le mystere de la Nativite and Giselher Klebe s Jacobowsky und der Oberst Discography edit1951 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Moser 1951 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Rudolf Kempe Role Moser 1951 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Knappe 4 1952 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Moser 1952 Tristan und Isolde Wagner conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Hirte 1952 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Knappe 3 1953 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Clemens Krauss Role Knappe 1953 Tristan und Isolde Wagner conducted by Eugen Jochum Role Hirte 1953 Das Rheingold Wagner conducted by Clemens Krauss Role Froh 1953 Das Rheingold Wagner conducted by Joseph Keilberth Role Froh 1953 Lohengrin Wagner conducted by Joseph Keilberth Role ein Edler 1954 Lohengrin Wagner conducted by Eugen Jochum Role ein Edler 1954 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Knappe 1954 Otello Verdi conducted by Herbert Kegel Role Cassio 1954 Tannhauser Wagner conducted by Joseph Keilberth Role Heinrich 1955 Tannhauser Wagner conducted by Andre Cluytens Role Heinrich 1956 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Andre Cluytens Role David 1956 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Knappe 3 1956 Luisa Miller Verdi conducted by Herbert Kegel Role Rodolfo 1957 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Andre Cluytens Role David 1958 Lohengrin opera conducted by Andre Cluytens Role ein Edler 1958 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Knappe 1958 Das Rheingold Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Mime 1958 Siegfried Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Mime 1959 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Erich Leinsdorf Role David 1960 Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role David 1960 Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Orlofsky 1960 Das Rheingold Wagner conducted by Rudolf Kempe Role Loge 1960 Tristan und Isolde Wagner conducted by Karl Bohm Role Hirte 1961 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Knappe 4 1961 Antigonae Orff conducted by Ferdinand Leitner Role ein Wachter 1961 Tannhauser Wagner conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch Role Walter 1962 Tannhauser Wagner conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch Role Walter 1962 Parsifal Wagner conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch Role Knappe 1962 Lohengrin opera conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch Role ein Edler 1962 Tristan und Isolde Wagner conducted by Karl Bohm Role Hirte 1962 Siegfried Wagner conducted by Georg Solti Role Mime 1963 L incoronazione di Poppea Monteverdi conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Nerone 1965 Wozzeck Berg conducted by Karl Bohm Role Captain 1965 Salome Richard Strauss conducted by Georg Solti Role Herodes 1966 Falstaff Verdi conducted by Leonard Bernstein Role Dr Caius 1966 Boris Godunov Mussorgsky conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Shuiski The Simpleton 1966 Oedipus der Tyrann Orff conducted by Rafael Kubelik Role Oedipus 1966 Messe solennelle de Sainte Cecile Gounod conducted by Igor Markevitch Tenor 1967 Das Rheingold Wagner conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Loge 1967 Elektra R Strauss conducted by Georg Solti Role Aegisth 1968 Siegfried Wagner conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Mime 1968 Carmina Burana Orff conducted by Eugen Jochum Tenor 1969 Die Zauberflote Mozart conducted by Georg Solti Role Monostatos 1973 Das Rheingold Wagner conducted by Herbert von Karajan Role Mime 1976 Tristan und Isolde Wagner conducted by Horst Stein Role Hirte References edit The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded OperaExternal sources editWagnerian Tenors and Heldentenors Entry in Oxford Dictionary of Music via Oxford Music Online As Loge on YouTube audio only As Nero in THE CORONATION OF POPPEA with Carlo Cava on YouTube audio only As Monostatos on YouTube audio only Portals nbsp Opera nbsp Germany Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gerhard Stolze amp oldid 1172790328, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
