Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Jul 17, 2025

GERMAN TENOR FRITZ WOLFF (1894-1957) CDR

 



FRITZ WOLFF (MUNICH, GERMANY, OCTOBER 28, 1894 - MUNICH, GERMANY, JANUARY 18, 1957)

 

 

 


He first became an officer and took part in the First World War. After the war, he studied under Heinrich König in Würzburg. In 1925, he made his debut at the Bayreuth Festival as Loge in Das Rheingold. Until 1942, he was engaged at the Berlin State Opera. He was then called up for military service and was taken prisoner by the Russians. In 1950, he was appointed professor at the Munich University of Music and Theatre.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1925-1941 Bayreuth Festival

1925 Hagen Stadttheater

1926-1928 Chemnitz Stadttheater

1928 Berlin Staatsoper

1929-1933 London Covent Garden

1932-1934 Zoppot Festival

1934-1935 Chicago Opera

1937-1938 London Covent Garden

1942 Berlin Staatsoper

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Am stillen Herd B 22452 1579 12 BM I 1929 Grammophon, 1929

Rigoletto (Verdi) Ich seh' heiße Zähren 90171 2527 BH 1930 Grammophon, 1930

Im Chambre séparée (Heuberger) 25105B Polydor

Lohengrin (Wagner) Atmest du nicht B 22453 1581 BM I 1929 Grammophon, 1929

Martha (Flotow) Ach, so fromm 90171 2529 BH 1930 Grammophon, 1930

Parsifal (Wagner) Good Friday Music from Act 3 67370-D & 67371-D, AX3020, AX3021, AX3022 Columbia, 1927


GERMAN TENOR FRITZ WOLFF (1894-1957) CDR

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