Fritz Schrodter

as Schubert in "Das Dreimaderyhous" by Schubert CREATOR at Vienna 1916

Fritz Schrödter
1855-1924
German Tenor

He studied in Cologne and after appearances in Hamburg and Bremen , he came to Berlin at the Friedrich Wilhelm Theater , where his voice was discovered.

At the suggestion of Johann Strauss , he came to the Deutsches Theater in Budapest as an operetta singer , from where he was finally engaged at the Theater an der Wien . After becoming a member of the Ringtheater in 1877 , he accepted a call to the German State Theater in Prague . Here he made his debut as Morasquin in Giroflé-Girofla and initially sang only in operettas, but his voice fell to the director of the house, which made him singing more and more important operatic roles in the sequence.

In 1885 Schrödter appeared as a guest at the Vienna Court Opera and in the same year became a member of the Hofoper, to which he belonged until 1915. For his achievements he received the title Kammersänger , 1910 he was appointed an honorary member of the Vienna Court Opera . At the turn of the century he was in possession of a beautiful villa in Prein an der Rax, the later "Villa Hermannswörth".



Roles included Morasquin – Giroflé-Girofla ( Lecocq) ,Max – Der Freischütz (Carl Maria von Weber),Loge – Das Rheingold ( Wagner),Turridu – Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni) Canio – Pagliacci ( eoncavallo).Pinkerton – Madama Butterfly ( Puccini)' David – Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg ( Wagner),Don Ottavio – Don Giovanni ( Mozart),Herzog – Rigoletto (e Verdi)