Adalbert Kraus

Adalbert Franz Kraus ( * April 27, 1937 in Aschaffenburg ) is a German tenor.

Life

After high school, he first trained as a carpenter before he began the study of Catholic theology, philosophy and German. Relatively late in his vocal talent was recognized, after which he studied voice with Prof. Henriette Klink Schneider began in 1966 at the Bavarian State Conservatory ( since 1973 University of Music Würzburg) in Würzburg.

In 1968 he was awarded the International Music Competition in Geneva. In 1970 he made his first engagement at the Lower Saxony State Theatre in Hanover, where he was henceforth engaged as a lyric tenor.

In 1974, he decided due to the increasing number of commitments at home and abroad, especially in Japan, America and other European countries to continue as a freelance opera and concert singer his career. Opera guest appearances have taken him to Vienna, Zurich, Hamburg, Cologne, Saarbrücken and Dusseldorf, especially as a Mozart tenor. In addition, he increasingly used the concert field, especially the sacred music of Bach, Schütz and Bruckner and gave recitals. He worked at this time along with many renowned conductors, among others were Sir Georg Solti, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Helmuth Rilling, Eugen Jochum, Karl Richter, Karl Böhm, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Rafael Kubelik, John Eliot Gardiner, Pierre Boulez and Hanns -Martin Schneidt. Adalbert Kraus played numerous radio and TV recordings one, with Helmuth Rilling, the entire cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach, which represented the main focus of his repertoire.

Adalbert Kraus was a full professor at the Munich Academy of Music and Honorary Professor at the Musikhochschule Würzburg. He was also a guest lecturer at the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart and at the College of Music in Tokyo.

His holistic approach and his extensive theological and musical- philosophical, always at the same time practical and craftsmanship, but most of all deeply human life manifests itself sustainably in his books: " The luminous trail - orientation in the 21st century. The classification of existence in five dimensions " and " One God - One World Religion ".

Discography (excerpt)

  • Johann Sebastian Bach - The cantatas ( Helmuth Rilling, Arleen Augér, Aldo Baldin, Julia Hamari, Siegmund Nimsgern, ...)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - St. Matthew Passion ( Helmuth Rilling, Siegmund Nimsgern, Aldo Baldin, Julia Hamari, Arleen Auger, Philippe Huttenlocher )
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Johannes - Passion ( Eckard Weyand, Christine Schäfer ..., Adalbert Kraus as an evangelist )
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life, BWV 147; Joseph Haydn: Missa in D minor in angustiis XXII: 11 (Messe in distress, also: Nelson Mass ). Performed by: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (Alt ), Adalbert Kraus (tenor ), Ernst Gerold Schramm ( bass), Collegium Instrumental Alois Kottmann, Alois Kottmann (from left), Figuralchor the Hessischer Rundfunk, Alois Ickstadt (Conductor). Melisma 726, Oestrich angle.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - St. John Passion BWV 245 Performed by: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (Alt ), Adalbert Kraus (tenor ), Ernst Gerold Schramm ( bass), Collegium Instrumental Alois Kottmann, Figuralchor the Hessischer Rundfunk, Alois Ickstadt ( conductor). Melisma 7058, Oestrich angle.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - Mass in B minor BWV 232 Performed by: Ulrike Sonntag (soprano), Alison Browner (Alt ), Adalbert Kraus (tenor ), Ernst Gerold Schramm ( bass), Collegium Instrumental Alois Kottmann, Alois Kottmann (from left), Figuralchor the Hessischer Rundfunk, Alois Ickstadt (Conductor) melisma 7023-2, Oestrich angle.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach - B Minor Mass ( Arleen Augér, Julia Hamari )
  • Peter Cornelius - The Barber of Baghdad (Bernd Weikl, Gerhard Unger)
  • Georg Friedrich Händel - The Messiah. Performed by: Sharon Markovich (soprano ). Hildegard Laurich (Alt ), Adalbert Kraus (tenor ), Ernst Gerold Schramm ( bass), Collegium Instrumental Alois Kottmann, Alois Kottmann (from left), Figuralchor the Hessischer Rundfunk, Alois Ickstadt (Conductor). Melisma 6046, Oestrich angle.
  • Joseph Haydn - The Creation ( Helen Donath, Kurt Widmer, Wolfgang Gönnenwein )
  • Joseph Haydn - The Creation. Oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra. Soloists: Dorothea Wirtz (soprano), Adalbert Kraus (tenor ), Ernst Gerold Schramm ( bass), Figuralchor the Hessischer Rundfunk, Winds of Frankfurt Museum Orchestra, Alois Ickstadt (Conductor). Melisma 706 Oestrich angle.
  • Joseph Haydn - The Seasons ( Helen Donath, Kurt Widmer, Wolfgang Gönnenwein )
  • Albert Lortzingstraße - Zar und Zimmermann ( Hermann Prey, Karl Ridder Busch, Lucia Popp, Heinz Wallberg )
  • Wilhelmine of Bayreuth - Argenore ( Angelika Luz, Lucas- Consort )
  • Georg Philip Telemann - St. Luke Passion 1744 ( Theo Altmeyer, Gerhard Faulstich, Uta Spreckelsen, S. Heinrich)
  • The eternal melody of love - with works from the early Baroque to the late Romantic - Adalbert Kraus, tenor; Roland Keller, piano

Excerpts from television productions

  • H- Moll -Messe - Ana encountered the music of J. S. Bach; ZDF, 1978; with Arleen Augér, Wolfgang Schöne, Adalbert Kraus, Julia Hamari, Torrent, Director: Klaus Kirschner
  • From distant days - Episode 4; ARD ( Saarland Broadcasting ) in 1980; with John Eliot Gardiner, Reri Grist, Walter Berry, Adalbert Kraus, Radio Chamber Orchestra Saarbrücken
  • Passion and passion, ZDF 1985; with Adalbert Kraus, Ernst Gerold Schramm, Collegium Instrumental, Alois Kottmann, directed by Meinolf Fritzen
  • Zar und Zimmermann by Albert Lortzingstraße; Bayerischer Rundfunk 1976; with Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Adalbert Kraus, Werner Krenn, Karl Ridder Busch, Alexander Malta, Helmut Berger- Tuna, Chorus of the Bavarian Radio, Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Heinz Wallberg
  • The Barber of Bagdad by Peter Cornelius; Bayerischer Rundfunk 1973; with Bernd Weikl, Gerhard Unger, Sylvia Geszty, Trudeliese Schmidt, Adalbert Kraus, Karl Ridder Busch, Chorus of the Bavarian Radio, Munich Radio Orchestra under Henry Hollreiser
Singing Karl Richter (conductor) Rafael Kubelík Evangelist (Bach) Kurt Moll Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester Karl Ridderbusch Walter Berry (bass-baritone) Heinrich Hollreiser Integrated Authority File
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