Theodor Reichmann (15 March 1849 – 22 May 1903) was a German operatic

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Born in Rostock, the son of a lawyer, Albert Reichmann began a commercial apprenticeship in Berlin at his parents' request, but soon devoted himself exclusively to his musical education. He took singing lessons with Johann Elssler, Eduard Mantius and Johann Reß. Reichmann made his debut at the

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as Ottokar in Carl Maria von Weber's ''

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in 1869.'' After that, he had engagements in Rotterdam, Cologne and Strasbourg. From 1872 to 1875, he was at the

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, then at the National Theatre Munich until 1883. In 1881 Reichmann made his debut at the

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, whose ensemble he was a member of from 1883 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1903. From 1889 to 1891, he was engaged at the Krolloper and the Metropolitan Opera. From 1882 to 1902, he had regular appearances at the

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. At the

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in 1882 he sang the part of Amfortas. In 1888 Reichmann was appointed Kammersänger. He was awarded the Order of Franz Joseph among others. In Vienna, the Reichmanngasse is named after him. Reichmann died in at the age of 54. Already for a long time suffering from a heart condition, Reichmann died on 22 May 1903 - the 90th birthday of Richard Wagner – in Sanatorium Marbach in Bodensee following a stroke. Reichmann was buried in Berlin at the cemetery in front of the Hallesches Tor. In the preserved lattice tomb there is a multi-level funerary monument made of black granite, on which the marble sculpture of a mourner is leaning, created around 1904 in the stonemason workshop of Wilhelm Sipperling. A medallion with the portrait of the deceased has been lost. Hans-Jürgen Mende: ''Lexikon Berliner Begräbnisstätten''. Pharus-Plan, Berlin 2018, , .

Repertoire

* Wilhelm Tell – '' Guillaume Tell'' * Lord Ruthwen – '' Der Vampyr'' * Hans Heiling – '' Hans Heiling'' * Der Holländer – '' Der fliegende Holländer'' * Wolfram – '' Tannhäuser'' * Hans Sachs – ''

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'' * Wotan – '' Der Ring des Nibelungen'' * Graf Luna – '' Der Troubadour'' * Hamlet – '' Hamlet'' * Werner Kirchhofer – ''Der Trompeter von Säckingen'' (by Victor Ernst Nessler)

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Theodor Reichmann
at the Wiener Staatsoper {{DEFAULTSORT:Reichmann, Theodor German operatic baritones 1849 births 1903 deaths People from Rostock 19th-century German male musicians

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