Gerhard Stolze
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'''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)
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