Paul Bender

as King Marke in "Tristan & Isolde" by Wagner

Paul Bender
1875-1947
German Bass
Studied in Berlin with Luise Ress and Baptist Hoffmann. Debut 1900 at the Opera House in Wroclaw.In 1903 he then moved to the Munich Court Opera, where he remained until the end of his career. .He sang in numerous world premieres Ottavio in “ Le donne curiose” (1903) and Simone in “ I quattro rusteghi” (1906), both by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Pope Pius V in “ Palestrina” by Pfitzner (1917). Other premieres were “ Die Gespenstersonate “ by Julius Weismann (1930), “Das Herz “ by Pfitzner (1931) and Peter in “Der Mond” by Carl Orff (1939). Guested at the Richard Wagner Festival in Bayreuth ,theatre de la Monnaie Brussels (1910) théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris (1914) Vienna court or Staatsoper (1916-17), Covent Garden Opera London (1910-1914) City Theatre Zurich (1915) Metropolitan Opera (1922-1927) Salzburg Festival as a guest, 1938 and 1939, he joined in the performances of the Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner in theTeatro alla Scala .He worked as a professor at the Munich Academy of Music .Roles included Sarastro in “Die Zauberflöte “ (Mozart): Osmin in “The Abduction from the Seraglio (Mozart): Fasolt & Fafner in” Rheingold” (Wagner); Hagen in “Götterdämmerung” (Wagner): King Marke in “Tristan und Isolde (Wagner): Hans Sachs & Pogner in “The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (Wagner): Gurnemanz& Amfortas in “Parsifal” (Wagner): Landgraf in “Tannhauser”(Wagner): Daland in “The Flying Dutchman” ( Wagner): Basilio in “ The Barber of Seville “ (Rossini): Plumkett in “Martha “(Flotow):Barber in “Barber of Baghdad” (Cornelius): Ochs in “der Rosenkavalier” ( Strauss): Don Quichotte in “Don Quichotte” ( Massenet): Rocco in “Fidelio “(Beethoven):