# Roland Hermann

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{{Short description|German operatic baritone (1936–2020)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name         = Roland Hermann
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| birth_date   = 17 September 1936
| birth_place  = [Bochum](/source/Bochum), Germany
| death_date   = {{death date and age|2020|11|17|1936|9|17|df=y}}
| death_place  = Zürich
| education    = {{plainlist|
* [University of Freiburg](/source/University_of_Freiburg)
* [Hochschule für Musik Mainz](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Mainz)
* [Musikhochschule Frankfurt](/source/Musikhochschule_Frankfurt)
}}
| occupation   = {{plainlist|
* [Baritone](/source/Baritone)
* Academic teacher
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| organization = {{plainlist|
* [Opernhaus Zürich](/source/Opernhaus_Z%C3%BCrich)
* [Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Karlsruhe)
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'''Roland Hermann''' (17 September 1936 – 17 November 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Prof. Roland Hermann ist gestorben |url=https://www.hfm-karlsruhe.de/aktuelles/prof-roland-hermann-ist-gestorben |publisher=[Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Karlsruhe) |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> was a German operatic [baritone](/source/baritone) and former professor at the [Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Karlsruhe). A member of the [Opernhaus Zürich](/source/Opernhaus_Z%C3%BCrich), he performed leading roles internationally, not only in standard repertoire but also in world premieres and rarely performed works, such as Schoenberg's ''[Moses und Aron](/source/Moses_und_Aron)''.

== Life ==
Born in [Bochum](/source/Bochum), Hermann studied at the [University of Freiburg](/source/University_of_Freiburg), the [Hochschule für Musik Mainz](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Mainz) and the [Musikhochschule Frankfurt](/source/Musikhochschule_Frankfurt). He completed his vocal training with Margarete von Winterfeldt, Paul Lohmann and Flaminio Contini. In 1961 he was awarded third prize in the [ARD International Music Competition](/source/ARD_International_Music_Competition).<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /><ref>{{Ill|Pipers Enzyklopädie des Musiktheaters|de}}, Index volume.</ref>

Hermann made his opera debut as Count Almaviva in Mozart's ''[Le nozze di Figaro](/source/Le_nozze_di_Figaro)'' at the [Theater Trier](/source/Theater_Trier) in 1967.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" /> He became a member of the ensemble of the [Opernhaus Zürich](/source/Opernhaus_Z%C3%BCrich) in 1968, with guest contracts to the [Bavarian State Opera](/source/Bavarian_State_Opera) in Munich and the [Cologne Opera](/source/Cologne_Opera). He appeared at the [Teatro Colón](/source/Teatro_Col%C3%B3n) in Buenos Aires as Jochanaan in ''[Salome](/source/Salome_(opera))'' by Richard Strauss in 1974, as Pollux in Rameau's ''[Castor et Pollux](/source/Castor_et_Pollux)'' at the [Oper Frankfurt](/source/Oper_Frankfurt) in 1980, as Golaud in Debussy's [Pelléas et Mélisande](/source/Pell%C3%A9as_et_M%C3%A9lisande_(opera)) at [La Scala](/source/La_Scala) in Milan in 1986, and appeared also in Paris and Berlin, among others. Engagements as a soloist with orchestras and as [lied](/source/lied)er singer led him to concert halls in Europe, the United States where he made his debut with the [New York Philharmonic](/source/New_York_Philharmonic) in 1983, and to the Far East.<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />

== Repertoire ==
In addition to the usual leading baritone roles – the title role in Mozart's ''[Don Giovanni](/source/Don_Giovanni)'', Wolfram in Wagner's ''[Tannhäuser](/source/Tannh%C3%A4user_(opera))'', Germont in Verdi's ''[La traviata](/source/La_traviata)'' and Amfortas in Wagner's ''[Parsifal](/source/Parsifal)'' – he sang in rarely performed works, including the title role in Marschner's ''[Der Vampyr](/source/Der_Vampyr)'' and Busoni's ''[Doktor Faust](/source/Doktor_Faust)'', Schumann's ''[Genoveva](/source/Genoveva)'', Moses in Schönberg's ''[Moses und Aron](/source/Moses_und_Aron)'', and in Werner Egk's ''[Peer Gynt](/source/Peer_Gynt_(opera))''. Hermann also sang leading roles in world premieres, including [Rudolf Kelterborn](/source/Rudolf_Kelterborn)'s ''Der Kirschgarten'' (Zürich 1984) and [York Höller](/source/York_H%C3%B6ller)'s ''[Der Meister und Margarita](/source/Der_Meister_und_Margarita)'' (Paris 1989).<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens" />

== References ==
{{Reflist

|refs = 
<ref name="Kutsch/Riemens">{{cite book
| last1 = Kutsch
| first1 = K.-J.
| author1-link = Karl-Josef Kutsch
| last2 = Riemens
| first2 = Leo
| author2-link = Leo Riemens
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dsfq_5dFeL0C&pg=2051
| chapter = Hermann, Roland
| title = [Großes Sängerlexikon](/source/Gro%C3%9Fes_S%C3%A4ngerlexikon)
| publisher = [Walter de Gruyter](/source/Walter_de_Gruyter)
| edition = 4th
| language = de
| year = 2012
| pages = 2051–2052
| isbn = 978-3-59-844088-5
}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* {{Discogs artist}}

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Category:German operatic baritones
Category:German voice teachers
Category:Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
Category:1936 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:People from Bochum
Category:20th-century German male opera singers
Category:Prize-winners of the ARD International Music Competition

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