Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Feb 6, 2015

Robert Philipp (Tenor) (Offenbach/Main 1852 - Berlin 1933)


                                                          with Marie Dietrich



He began a career as an actor in Berlin. In the 1880s he took up singing in operettas in that same city. In 1890 he made his first appearance at the Berlin Hofoper, where he remained the rest of his career. He was married to soprano Marie Dietrich.

Chronology of some appearances

1880-90  Berlin Friedrich-Wilhelm-Theater
1890-1930 Berlin Hofoper
1883 Berlin Wallner-Theater
1884-1887 Berlin Walhalla Theater
1893 Gotha Hoftheater
1899 Wiesbaden Hoftheater
1899 Berlin Theater des Westens
1900 Dresden Hoftheater
1903 Dresden Hoftheater
1906 ? Weimar Hoftheater
1897Schwerin Hoftheater
1916 Munich Hoftheater
1902 Frankfurt a. M Oper 
1902 Berlin Theater des Westens

RECORDINGS FOR SALE



Odeon, Berlin 1906-03?
Freischütz (Weber): Nein, länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen... Durch die Wälder X34509 Bx971
Walküre (Wagner): Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond X34575 xB1082

Lyrophon, Berlin 1908/1909
Carmen (Bizet): Hier an dem Herzen treu geborgen 14186
Fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Mit Gewitter und Sturm (w. chorus) 14196

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