Franz Petter (Tenor) (June 4, 1869 Innsbruck, Austria - September 11, 1943 Innsbruck, Austria)

He learned in the company of his father the occupation of a joiner and took over after his death this company. His voice was discovered in a Tirol society. He studied singing in Berlin under Schulze-Strelitz. First he gave a recitals in Berlin, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Dresden, partly together with the pianist Sophie Menter, and made his operatic debut in 1895 at the Berlin Hofoperin Flotow’s ‘’Alessandro Stradella’’. Later he completed his education with the pedagogue Eduard Bellwidt in Frankfurt am Main.

Chronology of some appearances

1895 Berlin Hofoper Alessandro Stradella (Alessandro Stradella)

1896 Prague Deutschen Landestheater

1897 Wiesbaden Hoftheater

1897-1899 Frankfurt am Main Oper

1899 Dresden Hofoper Gli Ugonotti (Raoul)

1900 Leipzig Opernhäus

1901 Dresden Hofoper Feuersnot (Richard Strauss) Premiere

1901 Bayreuth Festival Rheingold (Froh)

1901 Bayreuth Festival Fliegenden Holländer (Steuermann)

1904-1911 Köln Opernhaus

1905-1907 Hannover Opernhaus

1909 Karlsruhe Hoftheater

1910 Leipzig Opernhäus

1911 Riga Opernhaus
1921 Köln Concert

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