Heinrich Vogl

Heinrich (also: Henri ) Vogl ( born January 15, 1845 in Munich, † April 21, 1900 ) was a German operatic tenor and composer.

Life

Even with 15 years visited Heinrich Vogl her teacher training in Freising, worked as an assistant teacher in 1862 and in 1865 discovered and promoted in an entrance exam for the choir of the Munich Court Theatre by the General Music Director Franz Lachner. He made ​​his debut on 5 November 1865 the Munich Court Opera, where he was engaged for almost 35 years, and 2095 appearances should have completed. He was known especially for his Wagnerian roles, so he sang Lohengrin (1867 ), Tristan (1869 ), Loge from Das Rheingold ( 1869) and Siegmund in Die Walküre (1870 ). He also participated in the first performance of the Ring in Bayreuth. Numerous guest performances he gave in all major cities of Germany. Guest travels took him to Holland, London, St. Petersburg and in the USA; In 1890 he sang the role of Lohengrin at the Metropolitan Opera. 1868 Vogl Therese Thoma had married, who often appeared with him, especially in Wagner's Tristan and Isolde. He is considered by many to be the most versatile tenor of the 19th century, because he not only embodied almost all the major roles of the then Opernrepertoirs, but also as an oratorio singer, inter alia, in the concerts of the " Academy of Music " (especially as an evangelist in the two Bach Passions ) Gloss services offered and an important and sought-after song singer was. As a composer Heinrich Vogl was unable to repeat his success as a singer in the least. He had compositional knowledge acquired during his time at the teacher training college in Freising and then deepened considerably and used in composing several songs in practice, so he got himself and some other singers and audiences and critics, but it remained a marginal phenomenon. In the late 1990s he now began composing the opera The stranger after a dramatic design by Felix Dahn (whose eponymous poem he had set to music a long time ago ), which he completed under tremendous efforts and had them printed. At its premiere on May 7, 1899, he sang the role of Baldur and gained thus probably the greatest of his triumphs as a singer and the only as a composer. The critics in the various German press organs had indeed identified compositional weaknesses, but made ​​a total of more benevolent assessments and the work desired a future on other platforms. The greater was the disappointment when in Munich took place only two repetitions and not a single other opera Heinrich Vogl's opera recorded during his lifetime in their repertoire. Whether the " strain " when composing and the "cruel disappointment" at the lack of success of his " pain the child" has really contributed significantly to his early death in less than a year after his greatest triumph, as Hermann suspected of Pfordten in his obituary, must remain open. He had on 17 April 1900. Heinrich Vogl also released some songs his last appearance.