Adalbert Kraus
{{short description|German tenor in opera and concert (born 1937)}}
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Adalbert Kraus (born 27 April 1937) is a German tenor in opera and concert, known for singing the works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Career
Kraus was born in Aschaffenburg. He first graduated in German studies, theology, and philosophy and in 1967, began to study voice at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg with Henriette Klink-Schneider.[http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Kraus-Adalbert.htm Adalbert Kraus (Tenor)] Bach Cantatas Website
He was a lyric tenor at the Staatsoper Hannover from 1970 to 1974. His roles included Andres in Berg's Wozzeck, Toni in Henze's Elegy for Young Lovers, and Lord Bucklaw in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. He sang the role of Peter Iwanow in a 1976 recording of Albert Lortzing's Zar und Zimmermann with Lucia Popp as Marie, Karl Ridderbusch as van Bett, and Hermann Prey as Peter I.[http://www.operone.de/opern/zaruz.html Zar und Zimmermann] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203208/http://www.operone.de/opern/zaruz.html |date=3 March 2016 }} on the operone website
He frequently sang the tenor part in the complete recording of Bach cantatas and oratorios of Helmuth Rilling and the Gächinger Kantorei, also the Evangelist in his passions. In Bach's Easter Oratorio, he performed the tenor part of Simon Peter, singing with the bass (portraying John the Apostle) the first duet Kommt, eilet und laufet (Come, hasten and run).[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=54644 Bach: Easter Cantatas / Rilling] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202703/http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=54644 |date=3 March 2016 }} ArchivMusic
He also recorded rarely performed works such as Argenore of Markgräfin W. v. Bayreuth[http://www.concerto-bayreuth.de/produkte_detail.php?artikel_id=57&PHPSESSID=600d2a7cd9a7e7f3a21be64c7d57997f Markgräfin Wilhelmine von Bayreuth] Concerto Bayreuth or the Lukas-Passion of Georg Philipp Telemann.[http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/299412 Lukas-Passion: (1744) Georg Philipp Telemann] on the website of the Stanford State University
Adalbert Kraus was a teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, the Würzburg College of Music, and a guest lecturer at both the Tokyo College of Music and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart.
He wrote books on religious and philosophical topics such as Die leuchtende Spur – Orientierung im 21. Jahrhundert[http://www.lit-verlag.at/isbn/3-8258-9111-9 Adalbert Kraus: Die leuchtende Spur. Orientierung im 21. Jahrhunder] LIT Verlag (in German) and Ein Gott – Eine Weltreligion.[http://www.lit-verlag.at/isbn/3-643-10381-9 Adalbert Kraus: Ein Gott – Eine Weltreligion] LIT Verlag (in German)
Recordings
- Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Heinz Wallberg, Acanta 1976
- Bach: Matthäus-Passion, Siegmund Nimsgern, Arleen Augér, Ann Murray, Julia Hamari, Aldo Baldin, Philippe Huttenlocher, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conductor Helmuth Rilling, Columbia Masterworks Records, 1978
- Bach: Easter Cantatas including Easter Oratorio, Arleen Augér, Julia Hamari, Philippe Huttenlocher, Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Rilling
- Markgräfin W. v. Bayreuth: Argenore, Angelika Luz, Lucas-Consort
- Georg Philipp Telemann: Lukas-Passion 1744, Uta Spreckelsen, Theo Altmeyer, Gerhard Faulstich, Gerd Beusker, Frankfurter Madrigal-Ensemble, Hessisches Kammerorchester, conductor Siegfried Heinrich
- Haydn: Die Schöpfung, Helen Donath, Kurt Widmer, Süddeutscher Madrigalchor, Festivalorchester Ludwigsburg, conductor Wolfgang Gönnenwein[http://www.membran.net/Musik/Klassik/Chor-_und_Vokalwerke/J_Haydn_-_Die_Schoepfung-Creation_Sueddt_Madrigalchor_Festivalorch_Ludwigsburg_W._Goennen_1825.html J. Haydn – Die Schöpfung-Creation] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100125102546/http://www.membran.net/Musik/Klassik/Chor-_und_Vokalwerke/J_Haydn_-_Die_Schoepfung-Creation_Sueddt_Madrigalchor_Festivalorch_Ludwigsburg_W._Goennen_1825.html |date=25 January 2010 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=Adalbert+Kraus&dblist=638&fq=dt%3Arec+%3E+ap%3A%22bach%2C+johann+sebastian%22&qt=facet_ap%3A Entries for recordings by Adalbert Kraus] on WorldCat
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Category:German operatic tenors
Category:Musicians from Bavaria
Category:Academic staff of the University of Music and Theatre Munich