Heinrich Spemann

He made his debut in 1897 as a baritone, and sang in Mainz and Detmold for one season each. Then he pause his career for one year, restudied as a tenor, and came back in 1900 in Sondershausen; he spent the next season in Stettin and was then much-beloved in Darmstadt from 1902 to 1910.

Not very much later, he married aristocrat Elsa Schilling, which may have had to do with his early withdrawal from stage.

During his short career, he made a lot of guest appearances: in Stuttgart, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden, Wiesbaden, Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Braunschweig, Frankfurt, Cologne, Bremen, Zürich or Basel. Most important roles: Florestan, Max, Erik, Lohengrin, Loge, Siegmund, Siegfried, Tannhäuser, Tristan, Stolzing, Pedro, Don José, Fra Diavolo, Turiddu, Canio.

Reference: Kutsch & Riemens

Gramophone/Zonophone, Frankfurt am Main, September 1906
4665L Walküre (Wagner): Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond	3-42639
4667L Am Rhein und beim Wein (Ries) 				X-22442
4668L Rienzi (Wagner): Allmächt'ger Vater			3-42689
4669L Eh' die Lerche wacht (Bungert)			 	X-22443

Janus-Minerva, Hannover, February 1908
924   Rothaarig ist mein Schätzelein (Steinbach)			32298
925   Die Bitte (Diener)					32299