GERMAN TENOR ADOLF WALLNÖFER (1854-1946) CDR

ADOLF WALLNÖFER (VIENNA, 24 APRIL, 1854  – MUNICH, 9 JUNE, 1946)

 

 

 

 

His father, Franz Wallnöfer, was a jeweler who was also a concert and Lieder singer, well acquainted with the works of Franz Schubert, Gioacchino Rossini, Carl Maria von Weber, and Frédéric Chopin. He studied singing with Luigi Lablache and was considered a great interpreter of Schubert’s Lieder. Wallnöfer grew up in this musical environment, studying composition and singing with O. Desoff and Krenn, then with Hans von Rokitansky. He appeared as a Lieder singer in 1875 and likely made his stage debut in 1878 as a baritone at the Stadttheater in Olmütz (Olomouc) as Luna. After that, he lived in Bayreuth, where he studied Wagnerian singing. In 1880, he began to sing tenor roles and became one of the best-known Wagner tenors of his time. Wallnöfer was also a respected Lieder singer and premiered several songs by Brahms, who composed them for him.

Wallnöfer was also a composer who created over 400 Lieder and ballads, choral works, piano pieces, chamber music, and one opera, Eddystone (premiered on September 22, 1899, at the German Theatre in Prague). He lived in Munich from 1908 and published a book, Resonanztonlehre (Berlin, 1911). He was married to the actress Marie Walter.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1881-82: Olmütz 1882-85: Stadttheater in Bremen1885-95: German Theatre in Prag 1882-83: Tour with Angelo Neumanns’s wanderndem Wagner- Theater through several European nations. In 1888, Wallnöfer took part in Prag in the premiere of Die drei Pintos in the Mahler’s version. 1895-96: MET 1896: Tour through Russiaafter he first appeared in 1889 with great succes in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. 1895-97: Stadttheater in Stettin. 1897-99: Opernhaus in Breslau. 1899-1905: Stadttheater in Nürnberg. 1905-06: Direktor of the Stadttheater in Rostock. 1906-07 and 1909-10: Wiener Volskoper. 1907-09: Graz. Until 1914, he appeared only as guest: Hofoper in Wien (1904-09, Radames (February 2, 1907), Eléazar (January 30, 1907), Otello May 3, 1907, total 3 times), Loge (March 14, 1904), Siegmund (November 7, 1906), Siegfried (S)( March 20, 1904), Siegfried (G)( December 7, 1909, total 2), Samson (May 24, 1907) , Tannhäuser (March 8, 1904), Tristan (February 23, 1907)), Hamburg (1898), Riga (1896, 1909) and Brünn (Brno, 1907).

  

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Als ich noch jung war Musica Anima, München-Gern, 1933-04

2. An die Sterne (Wallnöfer) Musica Anima, München-Gern, 1933-04

3. Der Mond (Mendelssohn) Musica Anima, München-Gern, 1933-04

4. Du starbst dahin Musica Anima, München-Gern, 1933-04

5. Es blinkt der Tau (Rubinstein) 7592 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

6. Ich grolle nicht (Schumann) 7593 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

7. Komm, falsches Lieb’ (Wallnöfer) 1-25290 326-t- Favorite, Wien 1908-06

8. Komm, falsches Lieb’ (Wallnöfer) 7362 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

9. Leid uns Lust (Wallnöfer) Musica Anima, München-Gern, 1933-04

10. Lohengrin (Wagner) Abschied, pt 1 and pt 2 1-25289 1-25282 324-t- 325-t- Favorite, Wien 1908-06

11. Lohengrin (Wagner) Höchstes Vertrauen 7596 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

12. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Morgenlich leuchtend 1-25294 378-t Favorite, Wien 1908-06-1823

13. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Jetzt spielen 1-25288 323-t- Favorite, Wien 1908-06

14. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Jetzt spielen 7591 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

15. Prophète (Meyerbeer) Herr, dich in den Sternenkreisen 1-25295 Favorite, Wien 1908-06-1823

16. Romanze vom kleinen Däumling (Wallnöfer) Musica Anima, München-Gern, 1933-04

17. Siegfried (Wagner) Nothung! Nothung! 7600 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

18. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Dir töne Lob 1-25299 376-t Favorite, Wien 1908-06-1823

19. Walküre (Wagner) Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond 7590 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

20. Woher die Liebe (Wallnöfer) 7594 Beka, Nürnberg 1905

GERMAN TENOR ADOLF WALLNÖFER (1854-1946) CDR

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