# Hermann Bachmann

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{{short description|German baritone}}

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'''Carl Hermann Bachmann''' (7 October 1864 – 5 July 1937) was a German operatic [baritone](/source/baritone), [opera director](/source/opera_director) and singing teacher.

== Life ==
Born in [Cottbus](/source/Cottbus), Bachmann, who initially became a merchant, took singing lessons with Gustav Schmidt in Berlin. He made his debut as a singer in 1890 at the Stadttheater in Halle an der Saale, where he remained until 1894. From 1894 to 1897, he worked at the Nuremberg City Theatre. From 1897 to 1918, he joined the Berlin Court Opera, where he also worked as a director from 1910. Later he worked as a singing teacher. 

Bachmann died in Berlin at the age of 72.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&q=bachmann+herman Herman Bachmann] on ''[Großes Sängerlexikon](/source/Gro%C3%9Fes_S%C3%A4ngerlexikon)'' {{p.|192}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* [Ludwig Eisenberg](/source/Ludwig_Eisenberg_(writer)): ''Großes biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Bühne im XIX. Jahrhundert''. [Paul List](/source/Paul_List_(publisher)) publishing house, Leipzig 1903, {{p.|39}}, ({{archive.org|ludwigeisenberg00eiseuoft|Blatt=39}}).
* [K. J. Kutsch](/source/K._J._Kutsch), [Leo Riemens](/source/Leo_Riemens): ''[Großes Sängerlexikon](/source/Gro%C3%9Fes_S%C3%A4ngerlexikon).'' K. G. Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A–L, Sp. 126, {{ISBN|3-907820-70-3}}

== External links ==
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* [http://www.bmlo.uni-muenchen.de/b0030 Bachmann, Hermann] on ''{{Ill|Bayerisches Musiker-Lexikon Online|de}}''
* Klaus Ulrich Spiegel: [https://www.ku-spiegel.de/acoustics/a-l/bachmann/ ''Tönendes Denkmal – Der stimmgewaltige Bassbariton Hermann Bachmann''] on ku-spiegel.de

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Category:1864 births
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Category:People from Cottbus
Category:Musicians from the Province of Brandenburg
Category:German opera directors
Category:German operatic baritones
Category:German voice teachers

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