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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. |
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Karl Hill (9 May 1831 - 12 January 1893) was a German baritone opera singer.
Life
Karl Hill was born in Taunus, though he lived and worked for most of his life and died in Schwerin. He retired from opera in 1890 due to mental illness.
Career
Karl Hill studied in Frankfurt, and made his debut in 1868 as Jacob in Méhul's Joseph. He sang as Alberich during the first performance of Der Ring Des Nibelung at Bayreuth in 1876. He also sang Klingsor in the first performance of Parsifal in 1882.
Roles
His Wagnerian roles included Alberich in Das Rheingold, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung, The Dutchman in Der fliegende Holländer, and Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Non-Wagnerian roles included The Marriage of Figaro's Count Almaviva, and Don Giovanni's Leporello.
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