Mario Brell (October 17, 1936[1] – July 8, 2021[2]) was a German operatic tenor.
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Life
editBrell was born in Hamburg and grew up in the district of Barmbek. First, he started an apprenticeship as a painter and varnisher. With his brothers he joined a male choir, the "Mozart Quartet" in Hamburg-Wandsbek, which still exists today.[3] There, he was discovered and promoted by the choirmaster Ernst Haddorp, who eventually introduced him to Carl Gotthard, with whom Brell began his vocal training.[4]
In addition to his singing training, Brell took acting and dance lessons, at first continuing to work in his teaching profession in the construction industry.[5]
After only two years of training, Brell was engaged at the Theater Hof. Another year later, he successfully passed his final examination as an opera singer at the Hamburgische Staatsoper.[6]
Brell serves a highly extensive repertoire of over 30 operetta and over 80 opera roles [7] and over the years has worked in all genres from operetta to Wagner, from lyrical tenor to heroic tenor.[8]
After a serious heart operation in 1997, he had to leave the stage and could not sing for a long time. With the support of his family and his autobiography "Drum sei bedankbar", which he wrote during this time, he fought his way back into life - and onto the stages.[9]
Brell died in 2021 at the age of 85.[2]
References
edit- ^ Mario Brell: Drum sei bedankt . Santiago-Verlag Goch 2006 on WorldCat
- ^ a b https://www.waz.de/staedte/gelsenkirchen/gelsenkirchen-opernhaus-trauert-um-saenger-mario-brell-id232789301.html
- ^ "Home". Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Mario Brell in Großes Sängerlexikon (page 581)
- ^ Mario Brell on Operabase
- ^ vgl. Brell, p. 7 ff.
- ^ see Brell, p.97 ff.
- ^ Mario Brell on Persondata
- ^ vgl. Brell, p. 94 f.
External links
edit- Mario Brell on Musiktheater-im-revier
- Literature by and about Mario Brell in the German National Library catalogue
- Mario Brell discography at Discogs
