JOSEF BURGWINKEL (COLOGNE,
NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY, 9 JUNE, 1895 - EAST BERLIN, EAST GERMANY, 10
NOVEMBER, 1966)
He studied at the Cologne University of Music under E. Wolff. He began
his stage career as a baritone in 1918 at the Wuppertal-Barmen Municipal
Theater. From 1921 to 1924, he sang at the Mannheim National Theater, and from
1924 to 1925 at the Munich State Opera, where he participated in the premiere
of Walter Braunfels’s opera Don Gil
von den grünen Hosen in 1924.
In 1925, he switched to tenor and in 1926 joined the Berlin Municipal
Opera (German Opera House), where he remained until 1937. There, he initially
performed heroic roles such as Parsifal and Tannhäuser, later taking on lyric
roles and character tenor parts. In 1932, he appeared in the premiere of Franz
Schreker’s opera Der Schmied von Gent.
In 1928, he was a guest at the Salzburg Festival, singing Ferrando in Così fan tutte. He continued to be
engaged at the Deutsche Oper Berlin until 1937, and in the following years
likely spent time abroad. From 1943 to 1944, he worked at the Theater am
Nollendorfplatz in Berlin, and from 1945 to 1947 at the Berlin State Opera,
where he returned to baritone repertoire, performing roles such as Rigoletto
and the title role in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene
Onegin.
Finally, from 1948 to 1950, he appeared at the Berlin Metropol
Theater. During this period, he even took on bass roles and eventually
performed spoken parts. Due to his repeated changes of vocal range, his stage
repertoire was exceptionally broad.
From his tenor repertoire, notable roles included:
José in Carmen
Loge, Siegmund, and Siegfried in the Ring des Nibelungen
Erik in The Flying Dutchman
Faust in Gounod’s Faust
Calaf in Puccini’s Turandot
Herod in Strauss’s Salome
The title role in Wolf-Ferrari’s Sly
Adriano in Schreker’s Die
Gezeichneten
Max in Křenek’s Jonny spielt
auf
Admet in Wellesz’s Alkestis
Michael Kohlhaas in the opera of the same name by P. von Klenau
From the baritone repertoire, he sang:
Don Giovanni
The Herald in Lohengrin
Gunther in Götterdämmerung
The title role in Handel’s Julius
Caesar
Lord in Auber’s Fra Diavolo
Later in his career, he performed character roles such as:
The Sacristan in Tosca
Goro in Madama Butterfly
Lord Syndham in Lortzing’s Zar
und Zimmermann
Various operetta roles by Offenbach and Johann Strauss
Numerous recordings of his voice were made for DGG and Parlophon, the
earliest dating from his time in Berlin. However, all of these recordings
were acoustically produced and document his voice as a baritone.
TRACKLIST
Ballo in
maschera (Verdi) Ja du warst's 66085 Grammophon, Berlin 1924/1925 (ac)
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Ich bin das Faktotum P1426 2-5920
Parlophon, Berlin 1922-05-30
Carmen (Bizet) Torerolied P1904 2-7830 Parlophon, Berlin 1925-01-08
Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) Spiegel-Arie 66087 1758as Grammophon,
Berlin 1924/1925 (ac)
Das Herz am Rhein (Hill) 19317 Grammophon, Berlin 1924/1925 (ac)
Ein rheinisches Mädchen bei rheinischem Wein (Hoppe) 19317 Grammophon,
Berlin 1924/1925 (ac)
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prolog P1904 2-7828 Parlophon, Berlin
1925-01-08
Rigoletto (Verdi) Feile Sklaven 66086 Grammophon, Berlin 1924/1925
(ac)
Traviata (Verdi) Hat dein heimatliches Land 66085 Grammophon, Berlin
1924/1925 (ac)
Trovatore (Verdi) Ihres Auges himmlisch' Strahlen P1397 2-5914
Parlophon, Berlin 1922-05-29
Undine (Lortzing) An des Rheines grünen Ufern (Gumbert) P1981 2-7831
Parlophon, Berlin 1925-01-08
Undine (Lortzing) Es wohnt am Seegestade P1981 2-7829 Parlophon,
Berlin 1925-01-08
Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Sonst spielt ich mit Szepter 66087
1761as Grammophon, Berlin 1924/1925 (ac)
Zar und Zimmermann (Lortzing) Sonst spielt ich mit Szepter P1426
2-5915 Parlophon, Berlin 1922-05-29
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