Hans Tobias Erl

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Erl, Hans Tobias geboren am 08. Oktober 1882 in Warszawa / Warszawa / Russland wohnhaft in Frankfurt a. Main

Deportation: ab Frankfurt a. Main 11. Juni 1942, Majdanek oder Sobibor

Hans Tobias Erl was an operatic bass. (cf. also: https://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=1907322&_ffmpar[_id_inhalt]=27756321)

He began his actual career in the theatre during the 1908-1909 season at the Raimund-Theater in Vienna, after already having sung in the world premiere performance of Oscar Straus' operetta Die lustigen Nibelungen at the Wiener Carl-Theater in 1904. Further engagements were at the Stadttheater Augsburg (1911–1913), the Stadttheater Elberfeld (1913–1914), and the Stadttheater Chemnitz (1914–1918, interrupted by military service during World War I in 1914-1915). In 1918 he began a fifteen-year engagement with the Frankfurt Opera as the first bass, where he became one of the ensemble's best known singers. He was dismissed from the Opera on 11 June 1933.

His repertoire included the major basso profondo roles (Padre Guardiano in Verdi's La forza del destino, Il Commendatore in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Sarastro in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte), and the major Wagner bass roles (the Landgrave in Tannhäuser, Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Hunding in Die Walküre, Gurnemanz in Parsifal). He sang the role of the King in the world premiere performance of Franz Schreker's Der Schatzgräber (21 January 1920).

Being a Jew, he was fired from the Frankfurt Opera in 1933. The Jews were forced to gather in the Festhalle Frankfurt and Erl was forced to sing "In Diesen Heilgen Hallen". He was deported in 1942 and died probably in the same year.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Erl
• https://www.frankfurt.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=1907322&_ffmpar[_id_inhalt]=27756321
• photo http://jewprom.50webs.com/JewPromSite_files/sheet074.htm

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<p>He began his actual career in the theatre during the 1908-1909 season at the Raimund-Theater in <a title="Vienna" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna">Vienna</a>, after already having sung in the world premiere performance of <a title="Oscar Straus (composer)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Straus_(composer)">Oscar Straus</a>' <a title="Operetta" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operetta">operetta</a> <a class="new" title="Die lustigen Nibelungen (page does not exist)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Die_lustigen_Nibelungen&...">Die lustigen Nibelungen</a> at the Wiener Carl-Theater in 1904. Further engagements were at the Stadttheater <a title="Augsburg" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augsburg">Augsburg</a> (1911–1913), the Stadttheater <a title="Elberfeld" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elberfeld">Elberfeld</a> (1913–1914), and the <a title="Theater Chemnitz" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theater_Chemnitz">Stadttheater Chemnitz</a> (1914–1918, interrupted by military service during World War I in 1914-1915). In 1918 he began a fifteen-year engagement with the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Frankfurt Opera" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Opera">Frankfurt Opera</a> as the first bass, where he became one of the ensemble's best known singers.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Erl#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Erl#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> He was dismissed from the Opera on 11 June 1933.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Erl#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup></p> <p>His repertoire included the major <a title="Basso profondo" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basso_profondo">basso profondo</a> roles (Padre Guardiano in <a title="Giuseppe Verdi" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi">Verdi</a>'s <a title="La forza del destino" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_forza_del_destino">La forza del destino</a>, Il Commendatore in <a title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart">Mozart</a>'s <a title="Don Giovanni" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Giovanni">Don Giovanni</a> and Sarastro in Mozart's <a title="The Magic Flute" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Flute">Die Zauberflöte</a>), and the major <a title="Richard Wagner" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner">Wagner</a> bass roles (the Landgrave in <a title="Tannhäuser (opera)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannh%C3%A4user_(opera)">Tannhäuser</a>, Pogner in <a title="Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Meistersinger_von_N%C3%BCrnberg">Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg</a>, Hunding in <a title="Die Walküre" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Walk%C3%BCre">Die Walküre</a>, Gurnemanz in <a title="Parsifal" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsifal">Parsifal</a>). He sang the role of the King in the world premiere performance of <a title="Franz Schreker" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Schreker">Franz Schreker</a>'s <a title="Der Schatzgräber" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Schatzgr%C3%A4ber">Der Schatzgräber</a> (21 January 1920).</p> <p><p style="text-align: left;" dir="ltr"> </p></p> Source Link: https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000178851279822label=@S13@