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'''Karl Hill''' (9 May 1831 – 12 January 1893) was a German [[baritone]] opera singer.
'''Karl Hill''' (9 May 1831 – 12 January 1893) was a German [[baritone]] opera singer.

[[File:Sachsenberg 4 2013 025.JPG|thumb|right|Karl Hill's grave in the cemetery at Sachsenberg near [[Schwerin]]]]


==Life==
==Life==
Hill was born in [[Idstein]], but he lived and worked for most of his life and died in [[Schwerin]]. He studied in [[Frankfurt]], and made his debut in 1868 as Jacob in [[Méhul]]'s ''[[Joseph (opera)|Joseph]]''. He sang as ''Alberich'' during the first performance of Wagner's cycle ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' at Bayreuth in 1876. He also sang Klingsor in the first performance of ''[[Parsifal]]'' in 1882. He retired from opera in 1890 due to mental illness.
Hill was born in [[Idstein]] im [[Taunus]], near mountains north of [[Wiesbaden]], but he lived and worked for most of his life in [[Schwerin]], where he died. He studied in [[Frankfurt]], and made his debut at Schwerin in 1868 as Jacob in [[Étienne Méhul]]'s ''[[Joseph (opera)|Joseph]]''.


He sang the role of Alberich in the first performance of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]'' at [[Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth]] in 1876. Also at Bayreuth, he sang the role of Klingsor in the premiere of ''[[Parsifal]]'' in 1882. In 1890, mental illness caused him to retire from the stage.
==Roles==

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His Wagnerian roles included Alberich in ''[[Das Rheingold]]'', ''[[Siegfried (opera)|Siegfried]]'' and ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'', The Dutchman in ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'', and Hans Sachs in ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''. Non-Wagnerian roles included ''Count Almaviva'' on ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' and Leporello in ''[[Don Giovanni]]''.
==Other roles==
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His Wagnerian roles also included The Dutchman in ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'', and Hans Sachs in ''[[Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg]]''. Non-Wagnerian roles included [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]]'s Count Almaviva in ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'', and Don Giovanni and Leporello in ''[[Don Giovanni]]''.


==Sources==
==Sources==
*Forbes, Elizabeth (2008). [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N0zthpCZuAUC&pg=PA223&dq=Karl+Hill+baritone+Grove&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Hill%2C%20Karl&f=false "Hill, Karl"] in Laura Macy (ed.), '' The Grove Book of Opera Singers'', p. 223. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533765-5
*Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). ''Hill, Karl'', in {{cite book | editor-last = Sadie| editor-first = Stanley| editor-link =Stanley Sadie | pages = 716–7 | title = [[New Grove Dictionary of Opera|The New Grove Dictionary of Opera]]| publisher = Oxford University Press| location = Oxford| isbn = 978-0-19-522186-2}}
*Forbes, Elizabeth (2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=N0zthpCZuAUC&q=Hill%2C+Karl&pg=PA223 "Hill, Karl"] in Laura Macy (ed.), '' The Grove Book of Opera Singers'', p. 223. Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-19-533765-5}}

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| NAME = Hill, Karl
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = German baritone
| DATE OF BIRTH = 9 May 1831
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Idstein]]
| DATE OF DEATH = 12 January 1893
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Schwerin]]
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Latest revision as of 19:22, 27 August 2024

For other people named Carl or Karl Hill, see Karl Hill (disambiguation).

Karl Hill (9 May 1831 – 12 January 1893) was a German baritone opera singer.

Karl Hill's grave in the cemetery at Sachsenberg near Schwerin

Life

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Hill was born in Idstein im Taunus, near mountains north of Wiesbaden, but he lived and worked for most of his life in Schwerin, where he died. He studied in Frankfurt, and made his debut at Schwerin in 1868 as Jacob in Étienne Méhul's Joseph.

He sang the role of Alberich in the first performance of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at Bayreuth in 1876. Also at Bayreuth, he sang the role of Klingsor in the premiere of Parsifal in 1882. In 1890, mental illness caused him to retire from the stage.

Other roles

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His Wagnerian roles also included The Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer, and Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Non-Wagnerian roles included Mozart's Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, and Don Giovanni and Leporello in Don Giovanni.

Sources

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  • Forbes, Elizabeth (1992). Hill, Karl, in Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 716–7. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2.
  • Forbes, Elizabeth (2008). "Hill, Karl" in Laura Macy (ed.), The Grove Book of Opera Singers, p. 223. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-533765-5


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