Oct 20, 2024

GERMAN TENOR FRITZ SOOT (1878-1965) VOL. 1 CDR

 




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

 

 

  1. Siegfried (Wagner) Daß der mein Vater nicht ist XX80097 xxB6763 Odeon, Berlin 1922
  2. Siegfried (Wagner) Du holdes Vöglein XX80096 xxB6760  Odeon, Berlin 1922
  3. Siegfried (Wagner) Heil dir Sonne (w. Leider) 72985 Grammophon, Berlin (ac) 1925
  4. Siegfried (Wagner) O, kindischer Held (w. Leider) 72985 Grammophon, Berlin (ac) 1925
  5. Siegfried (Wagner) Schwertlied 65805 (B22190) Grammophon, Berlin 1923
  6. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Als ich erwachte B22318  66521 Grammophon, Berlin 1923
  7. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Inbrunst im Herzen B22174 Grammophon, Berlin 1923
  8. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Nach Rom gelangte ich B22175 Grammophon, Berlin
  9. Tannhäuser (Wagner) Stets soll nur dir mein Lied ertönen 62446 (B2113) Polydor, Berlin 1923
  10. Tiefland (d'Albert) Ich grüss´noch einmal meine Berge unpub 1417 bk Grammophon 1928
  11. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Isolde! Tristan! Geliebter! (w. Leider) 893 az unpub. Polydor, Berlin 1925-03
  12. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) O sink hernieder (w. Soot) unpubl 788az Polydor, Berlin 1925-02
  13. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Wohin nun Tristan scheidet 984 av Grammophon 1924
  14. Walküre (Wagner) Siegmund heiss ich 66064 Grammophon, Berlin (ac) 1924
  15. Walküre (Wagner) Todesverkündigung, pt 1 (w. Leider) 72986 Grammophon 1925
  16. Walküre (Wagner) Todesverkündigung, pt 2 (w. Leider) 72986 Grammophon 1925
  17. Walküre (Wagner) Zauberhaft bezähmt ein Schlaf 62446 (B2114) Polydor, Berlin 1923
  18. Wanderlied (Schumann) 66433 B 22296 Grammophon 1926

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