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Erik Wirl (30 May 1884 – 15 February 1954) was a German operatic tenor and actor.


Life


Born in Ebensee, Wirl left his voice training with the court and chamber singer Eduard F. Schuegraf in Munich.[A 1] First classified as a baritone, he later changed his voice range to that of tenor. He debuted in the role of the young sailor in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. He then performed as a tenor opera singer in Bayreuth, Berlin, Budapest, Buenos Aires, The Hague, Frankfurt/Main, Cologne, Leipzig, Munich, Paris, Salzburg and Vienna.[1]

Wirl also sang operettas[2] and entertainment songs[3] - often in duet with renowned colleagues of his time.[4] Wirl also sang the hits of the still young sound film[5][6] the Viennese song Ja dort im Liebhardstal and the title song Wien, du Stadt der Lieder by Hans May.

In his work, special emphasis was placed on the works of Franz Schreker. Wirl sang the role of the Chevalier at the premieres of his operas Der ferne Klang on 18 August 1912 and Die Gezeichneten on 25 April 1918 the role of Menaldo Negroni[7] and created the figure of the jester in Der Schatzgräber. In Busoni's opera Turandot[8] he sang in 1918 under Gustav Brecher at the Oper Frankfurt next to Else Gentner-Fischer and Hans Ertl. At the world premiere of Delius' opera in 11 pictures Fennimore and Gerda[9] he sang in 1919 alongside John Gläser, Emma Holt and Elisabeth Kandt.

Examples of his appearance in modern operettas are Madame Pompadour by Leo Fall, where he sang René, Comte D'estrades, and Münchhausen[10] by Ernst Steffan[11] where he could be heard in the premiere on 23 December 1927 alongside Hella Kürty, Rose Ader and Fritz Schulz.

At the end of the 1920s, Wirl's participation in performances of contemporary musical avant-garde such as Paul Hindemith's lustiger Oper in drei Teilen[12] Neues vom Tage and Lindberghflug[13] cf. notes on the Ozeanflug. In Bertolt Brecht: Schriften zur Literatur und Kunst. Vol. I. Suhrkamp Verlag, pp. 128–131, and Radiotheorie [de][14] cf. work introduction He appeared on stage with it both[15] as well as in the broadcast of the Berliner Funkstunde on 18 March 1930 with Fritz Düttbernd and Betty Mergler, see DRA and ORF . "One of the most legendary plays from the late 1920s is a cooperation of Kurt Weill and Paul Hindemith on a text by Bert Brecht..." and in the record studio.[16]

Auch in den modernen Opern von Ernst Křenek trat er auf. Nachdem er bereits am 2. Dezember 1928 bei der Aufführung der Einakter-Trilogie[17] Křeneks in der Kroll Opera House den blinden Offizier und Liebhaber[18] in der „Tragischen Oper in einem Akt“ (so das Vorwort) Der Diktator op. 49 gesungen hatte, gab er in der Aufführung von Křeneks Oper Leben des Orest Op. 60 on 8 March 1930 in der Staatsoper Berlin unter dem Dirigat von Otto Klemperer Agamemnon.[19]

Wirl died in Rottach-Egern at age 69.


Filmography



Recordings


Wirl sang for the Grammophon, Vox and HMV/Electrola labels. There is no news about him from the time after 1933.

on Grammophon:

on Vox:

on HMV / Electrola:


Reissues



Further reading



Notes


  1. Wirl, Erik on BMLO
  2. for example, Strauss's Die Fledermaus, Oscar Straus Marietta, Edmund Eysler Der lachende Ehemann or Emmerich Kálmá's Die Zirkusprinzessin
  3. Rhine and wine songs like Wilhelm Heiser's Grüßt mir das blonde Kind am Rhein or Carl Beines's Des Zechers Lust, and Viennese songs like Johann Sioly's Das hat ka Goethe g'schrieb'n, Ralph Benatzky's I must be in Grinzing again, Robert Stolz's Vienna becomes beautiful at night first
  4. for example with Marianne Alfermann and Irene Eisinger
  5. so from Richard Oswald's sound film Vienna, City of Song (1930)
  6. Filmportal
  7. see Tamino-Klassikforum
  8. (BV 273) 1917
  9. on 21 October 1919, also at the opera house Frankfurt/Main under Gustav Brecher, cf.
  10. see
  11. see Karl Albert 2005 on the author and on the work
  12. libretto by Marcellus Schiffer, premiered on 8 June 1929 at the Kroll Opera in Berlin.
  13. according to Brecht's will actually Der Ozeanflug, former title Der Lindberghflug and Der Flug der Lindberghs,
  14. by Bertolt Brecht with the music of Paul Hindemith and Kurt Weill.
  15. see . An audio sample is available at
  16. Tobias Fasshauer "Archivlink" (PDF). Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) (PDF; 753–kB) mentions the recording of Brecht/Eisler's Song von der Ware from 1931 with the tenor Erik Wirl and Bertolt Brecht as speakers
  17. Das ist Der Diktator (1926), Schwergewicht oder Die Ehre der Nation and Das geheime Königreich (beide 1927), cf. "Archivlink". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) and
  18. vgl. Briefwechsel mit der Universal-Edition S. 514 Anm. 1
  19. alongside Marie Schulz-Dornburg as Clytemnestra, Moje Forbach as Elektra and Käte Heidersbach as Iphigenia, Fritz Krenn played Orest .
  20. "Détective amateur | Erich Engels | 1932 | Encyclo-ciné".
  21. Erik Wirl at AllMusic . "Archivlink". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  22. "Willkommen bei duo-phon-records".
  23. "Willkommen bei duo-phon-records".
  24. "Truesound Transfers TT-3053".
  25. "Details". Archived from the original on June 8, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  26. Ausführl. Inhalt
  27. Text zur Popularmusik (PDF; 1,1-MB)
  28. and Dismarc Googlecom
  29. "MusicSack / Music Sack".
  30. (PDF; 2,1-MB)



References


  1. Baritone Eduard Schuegraf (6 December 1851 in Munich - 14 December 1928 id.) and worked as a concert singer there after his training. After further studies he was engaged at the Munich Court Opera in 1882/83. He also sang at the theater in Nuremberg, where he gave a song recital on 3 May 1888 as a farewell performance. From 1889 to 1890 he was engaged at the Mecklenburg State Theatre. Besides, he worked as a singing teacher. Cf. NKL 1/2007, vol. 3."Picture of Schuegraf". Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) can be seen here.


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