Emil Fischer (bass), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German opera singer
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Place of Birth: Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Emil Fischer (bass)
- Emil Fischer (June 13, 1838 - August 11, 1914), was a famous German dramatic bass or bass-baritone, born in Brunswick.He made his début in 1857 in Graz in Boieldieu's Jean de Paris.
- After that he filled various engagements in Pressburg, Stettin, and Brunswick.
- From 1863 to 1870, he was director of the opera at Danzig. From 1875 to 1880, Fischer sang in Rotterdam, and from 1880-85 in Dresden.
- The period from 1885 to 1891 at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, marks the culmination of his artistic triumphs.
- Lilli Lehmann, Max Alvary, and Marianne Brandt performed there with him.
- He not only created the bass rôles in Wagner's later music dramas, as far as America is concerned, but also firmly established his reputation as a Wagner interpreter surpassed by none and equaled by very few.
- During 1895-1897, he performed in American cities as a member of Mr.
- Damrosch's German Damrosch Opera Company.
- He appeared once more, and for the last time, at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1907. Fischer died in Hamburg at the beginning of World War I.
- Unfortunately, he left no known recordings of his voice.
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