Heinrich and Therese Vogl by Frans Hanfstaeng's

as Siegfried and Brunnhilde in "Götterdämmerung" By Wagner

Heinrich Vogl
845-1900
German Tenor

In 1865 he made his debut at the "Hofoper von München" as Max in Von Weber's "Der Freischütz". After the sudden and too early death of Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld he became his successor in Wagnerian roles both in Munich as throughout Germany. Above all asTristan, the role that Schnorr shortly before his death had created at Munich with his wife Malvina as Isolde. Vogl often performed the role with his wife, the soprano Therese Vogl-Thoma (1845-1921), as Isolde. In 1869 he created at Munich the role of Loge at the première of Wagner's "Das Rheingiold" and in 1870 the role of Siegmund in Wagner's "Die Walküre". In 1876 he repeated the role of Loge in the first performance of the complete cycle of "Der Ring des Nibelungen". Until 1897 he performed with great success at Bayreuth in various Wagnerian roles (Tristan, Siegmund, Parsifal and Siegfried). He made successful international guestappearances at London. Vienna and Russia. In 1890 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera New York as Lohengrin. In the following New York season he played Tannhäuser, Loge, Siegfried and Tristan. His last performance was on 16 April 1900 in Munich as Canio in "Pagliacci"; 4 days later he suffered a fatal stroke.


Therese Vogl
1845-1921
German Soprano

Her name was Therese Thoma, was the daughter of a school teacher and received her education by the educator Hauser in Munich. In 1865, she debuted at the Court Theater of Karlsruhe in the role of Casilda in "La Part du Diable" by Auber. A year later in 1866, she followed a call to the Hofoper of Munich. In 1868 she married the famous first tenor of this opera house, Heinrich Vogl (1845-1900). Heinrich and Therese Vogl were regarded as unsurpassed within their artistic generation in these two difficult parts, since they had sung them for the first time in 1869 in Munich. On June 26, 1870 Therese Vogl sang in Munich in the world premiere of the "Walküre" by R. Wagner, while her husband created the part of Siegmund. In 1878 and 1879 she was the Brünnhilde in Munich in the first performances of "Siegfried" and "Götterdämmerung" outside of Bayreuth. In 1881 she was a guest at the Hofoper of Berlin as Elsa in the "Lohengrin". In 1882 she sang the Brünnhilde at the Her Majesty's Theater in the English premiere of the Ring cycle under Anton Seidl. She also took part in the Europa tour with Angelo Neumann's wandering Wagner theater in 1882-83. In 1884 she sang with Heinrich Vogl in the premiere of "Tristan" at the opera in Frankfurt am Main, where she often enjoyed. She also appeared as a guest in Russia. She sang at the Stadttheater (opera house) of Hamburg (1877), at the court theater of Mannheim, Weimar, Wiesbaden and Stuttgart (1887). In 1885 she performed in Munich, together with her husband, in the premiere of the opera "Der faule Hans" by Alexander Ritter, in 1872 in the opera "Theodor Körner" by Wendelin Weissheimer. In 1892, she gave her farewell performance as an Isolde in Munich. She was appointed honorary member of the Munich Opera. In addition to Wagner's repertoire, she was successful in roles such as the Eglantine in "Euryanthe", the title role in "Alceste" by Gluck, the Leonore in the "Fidelio", the Clytemnestra in "Iphigenie in Aulis" and the Agathe in "Freischütz"