Willy Merkel (Tenor) (17. August 1869 Niederrabenstein/Sachsen, † 11. April 1915 Berlin)

His brother was the famous tenor Richard Merkel, who created the part of Canio in ''Pagliacci'' at the Hoftheater in Gotha. First he appeared as baritone. He sang at the opera houses of Aachen, Augsburg, Bayreuth, Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt/Main, Freiburg/Breisgau, Glogau/Schlesien, Hamburg, Leipzig, Mannheim, Tallinn, and Weimar. 

The cities, where he made appearances:

Aachen

Augsburg

Bayreuth

Berlin

Dresden

Düsseldorf

Frankfurt/Main 

Freiburg/Breisgau

Glogau/Schlesien

Hamburg

Leipzig

Mannheim

Tallinn

Weimar

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Dacapo, Berlin 1912-06?

Siegfried (Wagner): Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! D-1949