Gerhard Stolze 2759021 203751113 2008-04-06T14:10:45Z Kleinzach 547500 catfix {{Unreferenced|date=March 2008}} '''Gerhard Stolze''' ([[October 1]] [[1926]], [[Dessau]] – [[March 11]] [[1979]], [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[tenor]]. A [[fach#Tenor Fächer|character]] [[tenor]] best known as a [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] singer. His most famous roles were Mime (''[[Das Rheingold]]'', ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'') , David (''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''), Loge (''[[Das Rheingold]]''), Aegisth (''[[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]]'') and Herod (''[[Salome (opera)|Salome]]''). He also sang the baritone role of [[Wozzeck]] and the role of Oberon (''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'') which is originally written for a [[countertenor]]. His style sharply divided critics and audiences, especially in the roles of Mime and Herod. It was denigrated as being [[Sprechstimme]] by some, while others praised it for its deep characterisation. ==Discography== *1951 - [[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]] ([[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]), conducted by [[Herbert von Karajan]] (Role: Moser) *1951 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by [[Rudolf Kempe]] (Role: Moser) *1951 - [[Parsifal]] (Wagner), conducted by [[Hans Knappertsbusch]] (Role: Knappe 4) *1952 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Moser) *1952 - [[Tristan und Isolde]] (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Hirte) *1952 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe 3) *1953 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe) *1953 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by Eugen Jochum (Role: Hirte) *1953 - [[Das Rheingold]] (Wagner), conducted by [[Clemens Krauss]] (Role: Froh) *1953 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by [[Joseph Keilberth]] (Role: Froh) *1953 - [[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]] (Wagner), conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Role: Ein Edle) *1954 - Lohengrin (Wagner), conducted by [[Eugen Jochum]] (Role: Ein Edle) *1954 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe) *1954 - [[Otello]] ([[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]), conducted by [[Herbert Kegel]] (Role: Cassio) *1954 - [[Tannhäuser]] (Wagner), conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Role: Heinrich) *1955 - Tannhäuser (Wagner), conducted by [[André Cluytens]] (Role: Heinrich) *1956 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by André Cluytens (Role: David) *1956 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe 3) *1956 - [[Luisa Miller]] (Verdi), conducted by Herbert Kegel (Role: Rodolfo) *1958 - Lohengrin (Wagner), conducted by André Cluytens (Role: Ein Edle) *1958 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe) *1958 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Mime) *1958 - [[Siegfried]] (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Mime) *1959 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by [[Erich Leinsdorf]] (Role: David) *1960 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: David) *1960 - [[Die Fledermaus]] ([[Johann Strauss]]), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Orlofsky) *1960 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by [[Rudolf Kempe]] (Role: Loge) *1960 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by [[Karl Böhm]] (Role: Hirte) *1961 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe 4) *1961 - [[Antigonae]] ([[Carl Orff|Orff]]), conducted by [[Ferdinand Leitner]] (Role: Ein Wächter) *1961 - Tannhäuser (Wagner), conducted by [[Wolfgang Sawallisch]] (Role: Walter) *1962 - Tannhäuser (Wagner), conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (Role: Walter) *1962 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe) *1962 - Lohengrin (Wagner), conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (Role: Ein Edle) *1962 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by Karl Böhm (Role: Hirte) *1962 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by [[Georg Solti]] (Role: Mime) *1963 - [[L'incoronazione di Poppea]] ([[Claudio Monteverdi|Monteverdi]]), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Nerone) *1965 - [[Wozzeck]] ([[Alban Berg|Berg]]), conducted by Karl Böhm (Role: Captain) *1965 - [[Salome (opera)|Salome]] ([[Richard Strauss]]), conducted by Georg Solti (Role: Herodes) *1966 - [[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]] (Verdi), conducted by [[Leonard Bernstein]] (Role: Dr. Caius) *1966 - [[Boris Godunov]] ([[Modest Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky]]), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Shuiski, The Simpleton) *1966 - [[Oedipus der Tyrann]] (Orff), conducted by [[Rafael Kubelík]] (Role: Oedipus) *1966 - [[Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile]] ([[Charles Gounod|Gounod]]), conducted by [[Igor Markevitch]] (Role: Tenor) *1967 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Loge) *1967 - [[Elektra (opera)|Elektra]] (R. Strauss), conducted by Georg Solti (Role: Aegisth) *1968 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Loge) *1967 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Loge) *1968 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Mime) *1968 - [[Carmina Burana (Orff)|Carmina Burana]] (Orff), conducted by Eugen Jochum (Role: Tenor) *1969 - [[Die Zauberflöte]] ([[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]), conducted by Georg Solti (Role: Monostatos) *1969 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Mime) *1969 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Mime) *1976 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by [[Horst Stein]] (Role: Hirte) {{DEFAULTSORT:Stolze, Gerhard}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:German opera singers]] [[Category:German tenors]] [[Category:Operatic tenors]] [[de:Gerhard Stolze]] [[fr:Gerhard Stolze]]