Rudolf Brinkmann (29 December 1873 – 3 November 1927) was a German operatic baritone.
Life edit
Brinkmann was born in Elberfeld (today a district of Wuppertal), the son of a pastry shop owner. At the age of 16, he began his training at the Cologne Opera and Drama School with Paul Hoppe. After he was also taught by him in Hamburg, he went to Heilbronn in 1895 and then to the German Opera in Amsterdam, which soon disbanded. In 1897, he was engaged at the Oper Frankfurt and worked there until his early death in 1927. Allegedly, he sang an almost unbelievable number of parts (between 300 and 500).[1]
Brinkmann, who was attached to the ideas of Freemasonry,[2] was married with the opera soubrette Minnie Rau. He died at the age of 54 in Frankfurt.
Further reading edit
- Ludwig Eisenberg: Rudolf Brinkmann. In Großes biographisches Lexikon der deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert.[3]
- Wilhelm Kosch: Deutsches Theater-Lexikon. Biographisches und bibliographisches Handbuch. First volume. Klagenfurt / Vienna 1953, p. 210
External links edit
- Rudolf Brinkmann Stage portraits in the Manskopf Collection of the Goethe University Frankfurt.
References edit
- ^ Rudolf Brinkmann on Großes Sängerlexikon, p. 594
- ^ Deutsches Bühnen-Jahrbuch 1929. Guild of the German Stage, Berlin 1929, p. 92
- ^ Rudolf Brinkmann in Großes biographisches Lexikon der deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert] in Paul List publishing house, Leipzig 1903, p. 128
