FRITZ SOOT (WELLERSWEILER, 20 AUGUST, 1878 – BERLIN, 9 JUNE, 1965)
He studied singing with Karl Scheidemantel in Dresden and
made his debut there in 1908 as Tonio in La fille du régiment. While at
Dresden, he created the role of the Italian Tenor in Der Rosenkavalier (1911).
He was a member of the Stuttgart Opera from 1918 to 1922, after which he moved
to the Berlin Staatsoper, where his notable creations included the Drum Major
in Wozzeck (1925), the first Berlin Laca in Jenůfa (1924), Mephistopheles in
Doktor Faust (1927), and Babinski in Švanda the Bagpiper (1929).
Despite his successes in these roles, he was best known as a
Wagnerian tenor. In 1924 and 1925, he sang Siegmund, Siegfried, Tristan, Erik,
and Walther at Covent Garden, later adding Parsifal to his repertoire. His
operatic roles also included Palestrina and Otello. After World War II, he
returned to the Berlin Staatsoper, where he continued to sing character roles
until 1952, including participating in the premiere of Paul Dessau's Die
Verurteilung des Lukullus (1951).
Chronology of some appearances
1908 Dresden Opera House
1918-1922 Stuttgart Opera House
1923-1952 Berlin Opera House
TRACKLIST
- Siegfried (Wagner) Daß der mein Vater nicht ist XX80097 xxB6763 Odeon, Berlin 1922
- Siegfried (Wagner) Du holdes Vöglein XX80096 xxB6760 Odeon, Berlin 1922
- Siegfried (Wagner) Heil dir Sonne (w. Leider) 72985 Grammophon, Berlin (ac) 1925
- Siegfried (Wagner) O, kindischer Held (w. Leider) 72985 Grammophon, Berlin (ac) 1925
- Siegfried (Wagner) Schwertlied 65805 (B22190) Grammophon, Berlin 1923
- Tannhäuser (Wagner) Als ich erwachte B22318 66521 Grammophon, Berlin 1923
- Tannhäuser (Wagner) Inbrunst im Herzen B22174 Grammophon, Berlin 1923
- Tannhäuser (Wagner) Nach Rom gelangte ich B22175 Grammophon, Berlin
- Tannhäuser (Wagner) Stets soll nur dir mein Lied ertönen 62446 (B2113) Polydor, Berlin 1923
- Tiefland (d'Albert) Ich grüss´noch einmal meine Berge unpub 1417 bk Grammophon 1928
- Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Isolde! Tristan! Geliebter! (w. Leider) 893 az unpub. Polydor, Berlin 1925-03
- Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) O sink hernieder (w. Soot) unpubl 788az Polydor, Berlin 1925-02
- Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Wohin nun Tristan scheidet 984 av Grammophon 1924
- Walküre (Wagner) Siegmund heiss ich 66064 Grammophon, Berlin (ac) 1924
- Walküre (Wagner) Todesverkündigung, pt 1 (w. Leider) 72986 Grammophon 1925
- Walküre (Wagner) Todesverkündigung, pt 2 (w. Leider) 72986 Grammophon 1925
- Walküre (Wagner) Zauberhaft bezähmt ein Schlaf 62446 (B2114) Polydor, Berlin 1923
- Wanderlied (Schumann) 66433 B 22296 Grammophon 1926
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