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ERNST KRAUS (ERLANGEN,
8 JUNE, 1863 – WÖRTHSEE, 5 SEPTEMBER, 1941)
He was regarded as one of the best German opera singers of his time.
He studied singing under Anna Schimon-Regan in Munich and later with Cesare
Galliera in Milan. He made his debut in 1893 at the Hoftheater in Mannheim,
performing as Tamino in Die
Zauberflöte. He remained with this opera house for three years. In 1894,
he made his first guest appearance at the Hofoper in Berlin as Lohengrin.
During the 1896-1898 seasons, he was engaged as the first tenor by the
Damrosch Opera Company in North America. In 1898, he returned to the Hofoper in
Berlin, where he would sing until 1924. He quickly became one of the leading
tenors of his generation. At the Hofoper, he participated in the premieres of
several operas, including Der
Bärenhäuter by Siegfried Wagner and Der arme Heinrich by Hans Pfitzner in 1900. On April 9, 1902, he
created the role of Heinrich in the premiere of Der Wald by the English composer Ethel Smyth. In 1904, he
appeared in the Berlin premiere of B. Smetana’s Dalibor, and in 1906, he sang the role of Herodes in the Berlin
premiere of Richard Strauss’s opera Salome.
He also performed this role at Covent Garden in London in 1910.
In 1899, he was part of the premiere of Mudarra by F. Le Borne in Berlin. From 1899 to 1909, he made
repeated appearances in Wagner's operas at the Bayreuth Festival. He had
international guest performances in London (Covent Garden in 1900, 1907, and
1910), Milan (La Scala), Paris (Grand Opéra), Vienna, Munich, Dresden
(Hofoper), Frankfurt a. M. (Opernhaus), Zurich (Stadttheater in 1905, 1917, and
1918), and Brussels (Théâtre de la Monnaie). In the 1903-1904 season, he sang
at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he made his debut as Siegmund and
later appeared as Tannhäuser, Lohengrin, Tristan, Siegfried, and Florestan in Fidelio.
After his retirement in 1924, he worked as a pedagogue at the College
of Music in Munich. He was married to actress Margarethe Hofmann, who performed
at the Hoftheater in Mannheim. His son, Richard Kraus (1902-1978), became a
renowned conductor.
TRACKLIST
1. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Grüss Gott,
mein Junker with Bachmann Gramophone 044086 342m
2. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Mein Freund in
holder Jugendzeit with Bachmann 044087 343m
3. Walküre (Wagner): Ein Schwert verhiess G&T
042135 541i
4. Lohengrin (Wagner): Gralserzählung Gramophone
042131 169s
5. Lohengrin (Wagner): Wenn ich im Kampfe with Destinn
Gramophone 044056 543i
6. Lohengrin (Wagner): Das süsse Lied verhallt with
Destinn Gramophone 044057 542i
7. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner): Wie sie selig
Gramophone 042279 510s
8. Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Morgenlich
leuchtend Gramophone 042280 511s
9. Siegfried (Wagner): Dass der mein Vater nicht ist
Gramophone 042194 91ac
10. Siegfried (Wagner): Du holdes Vöglein Gramophone
042195 88ac
11. Frühlingsgespenster (Weingartner) Ich sass noch Gramophone
042465 1257s
12. Tom der Reimer (Loewe) Gramophone 042464
1258s
13. Evangelimann (Kienzl): Des Lebens ganzen
Leidenskelch Gramophone 042331 92al
14. Evangelimann (Kienzl): Was ich gelitten Gramophone
042332 93al
15. Tannhäuser (Wagner): Inbrunst im Herzen Gramophone
042366 94al
16. Tannhäuser (Wagner): Nach Rom gelangt' ich
Gramophone 042367 277al
17. Fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Bleib' Senta with Kurt
Gramophone 044201 96al
18. Fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Fühlst du den
Schmerz with Kurt Gramophone 044202 95al
19. Siegfried (Wagner): Er sinnt und erwägt with J.
Lieban Gramophone 044288 850m
20. Siegfried (Wagner): Sieh', du bist müde with J. Lieban
Gramophone 044289 851m
21. Walküre (Wagner): Wunder und wilde Märe with
Knüpfer-Egli & Knüpfer Gramophone 044170 514s
22. Walküre (Wagner): Künde nun, Gast with
Knüpfer-Egli Gramophone 044171 529s
23. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Sieh' mein Elend,
Herr (w. chorus) Gramophone 3-42909 3268r
24. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): Brüder, euer
Klagesang (w. chorus) Gramophone 3-42910 3269r
25. Lohengrin (Wagner): Nun sei bedankt (Schwanenlied) G&T 3-42118 2566L
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