Friedrich (or Fritz) Zohsel studied singing with Jacques Stückgold in Berlin, later
with the famous heldentenor Heinrich Knote.
He made his debut in 1908 at the Hoftheater in Detmold.
His next appointments were:
1909/10 Stadttheater in Ulm
1910/11 Stadttheater in Basel
1911/12 Stadttheater in Katowice/Kattowitz
1912/13 Stadttheater in Görlitz
After those tenures, he was a guest artist in Berlin. In 1914, he was called
by the army and ended up in a Russian prison camp.
He could only resume his career in 1919 in Dresden (until 1922).
1922–27, he was at the Stadttheater in Chemnitz.
There he took part in the 1925 world premiere of
Hassan der Schwärmer by Wilhelm Kienzl, singing the title
role.
1927–30, he was a soloist at the Opernhaus Leipzig, taking part in the 1928 world premiere
of Die baskische Venus by Hans Hermann Wetzler.
During the next three years, from his home in Berlin, he
undertook guest appearances in different theaters.
Then in 1933/34, he was at the Stadttheater in Dortmund,
and in 1934/35 at the Stadttheater in Augsburg.
Then from Berlin again, he resumed his guest appearances, later he opened an artists agency.
His repertory included: Rienzi, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser,
Siegmund, Hugo (Undine by Lortzing), Herodes, Ägisth,
Mathias (Der Evangelimann by Kienzl), Pedro (Tiefland),
José, Manrico, Radames, Cavaradossi, and Gabriele Adorno.
Reference: Kutsch and Riemens
