Gerhard Stolze

Gerhard Stolze (October 1 1926, Dessau – March 11 1979, Garmisch-Partenkirchen) was a German tenor.

A character tenor best known as a Wagner singer. His most famous roles were Mime ("Das Rheingold", "Siegfried") , David ("Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"), Loge ("Das Rheingold"), Aegisth ("Elektra") and Herod ("Salome"). He also sang the baritone role of Wozzeck and the role of Oberon ("A Midsummer Night's Dream") which is originally written for a countertenor.

His style sharply divided critics and audiences, especially in the roles of Mime and Herod. It was denigrated as being Sprechstimme by some, while others praised it for its deep characterisation.

Discography

*1951 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Moser)
*1951 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by Rudolf Kempe (Role: Moser)
*1951 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe 4)
*1952 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Moser)
*1952 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Hirte)
*1952 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe 3)
*1953 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe)
*1953 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by Eugen Jochum (Role: Hirte)
*1953 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Clemens Krauss (Role: Froh)
*1953 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Role: Froh)
*1953 - Lohengrin (Wagner), conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Role: Ein Edle)
*1954 - Lohengrin (Wagner), conducted by Eugen Jochum (Role: Ein Edle)
*1954 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe)
*1954 - Otello (Verdi), conducted by Herbert Kegel (Role: Cassio)
*1954 - Tannhäuser (Wagner), conducted by Joseph Keilberth (Role: Heinrich)
*1955 - Tannhäuser (Wagner), conducted by André Cluytens (Role: Heinrich)
*1956 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by André Cluytens (Role: David)
*1956 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe 3)
*1956 - Luisa Miller (Verdi), conducted by Herbert Kegel (Role: Rodolfo)
*1958 - Lohengrin (Wagner), conducted by André Cluytens (Role: Ein Edle)
*1958 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe)
*1958 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Mime)
*1958 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Mime)
*1959 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by Erich Leinsdorf (Role: David)
*1960 - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: David)
*1960 - Die Fledermaus (Johann Strauss), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Orlofsky)
*1960 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Rudolf Kempe (Role: Loge)
*1960 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by Karl Böhm (Role: Hirte)
*1961 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe 4)
*1961 - Antigonae (Orff), conducted by Ferdinand Leitner (Role: Ein Wächter)
*1961 - Tannhäuser (Wagner), conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (Role: Walter)
*1962 - Tannhäuser (Wagner), conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (Role: Walter)
*1962 - Parsifal (Wagner), conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch (Role: Knappe)
*1962 - Lohengrin (Wagner), conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (Role: Ein Edle)
*1962 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by Karl Böhm (Role: Hirte)
*1962 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Georg Solti (Role: Mime)
*1963 - L'incoronazione di Poppea (Monteverdi), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Nerone)
*1965 - Wozzeck (Berg), conducted by Karl Böhm (Role: Captain)
*1965 - Salome (Richard Strauss), conducted by Georg Solti (Role: Herodes)
*1966 - Falstaff (Verdi), conducted by Leonard Bernstein (Role: Dr. Caius)
*1966 - Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Shuiski, The Simpleton)
*1966 - Oedipus der Tyrann (Orff), conducted by Rafael Kubelík (Role: Oedipus)
*1966 - Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile (Gounod), conducted by Igor Markevitch (Role: Tenor)
*1967 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Loge)
*1967 - Elektra (R. Strauss), conducted by Georg Solti (Role: Aegisth)
*1968 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Loge)
*1967 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Loge)
*1968 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Mime)
*1968 - Carmina Burana (Orff), conducted by Eugen Jochum (Role: Tenor)
*1969 - Die Zauberflöte (Mozart), conducted by Georg Solti (Role: Monostatos)
*1969 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Mime)
*1969 - Siegfried (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Mime)
*1973 - Das Rheingold (Wagner), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (Role: Mime)
*1976 - Tristan und Isolde (Wagner), conducted by Horst Stein (Role: Hirte)