Baptist Hoffmann

as Wolfram in "Tannhauser" by Wagner

Baptist Hoffmann
(Johann Baptist Hoffmann)
1863-1937
German Tenor
Studied with his mother and at the School of Singing Weilich-Tipka in Graz and later with Julius Stockhausen in Frankfurt and Main. Debut at Graz 1888 as The Hunter in “Nachtlager von Granada” by Kreutzer .He then secured an engagement at the Cologne Opera where he remained until 1894.He obtained a 3 contract with Hamburg Opera,after which he moved to the Berlin Imperial Opera where he remained until his retirement . He retired in 1919 and taught singing at Conservatory of Stern .He made appearances throughout Germany ,Austria and Netherlands. Roles included as Hans Sachs in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg “ by Wagner , Lysiart in “Euryanthe. “ by von Weber , Wolfram in “Tannhäuser” by Wagner, Alberich in “ Ring des Nibelungen” by Wagner,Valentin in “Faust” by Gounod.