Hans Rössling

Hans Rössling (17 December 1927 – 6 July 2013) was a German operatic bass.

Life

Rössling grew up in Mannheim-Sandhofen, trained as a municipal civil servant and took singing lessons with Heinrich Hölzlin. In 1950, he appeared for the first time in a small role in the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg as a guest at the Nationaltheater Mannheim. After participating in the Nuremberg singing competition "Meistersinger-Wettstreit" in 1952, he was engaged at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.[1] In 1953, he moved to the Nationaltheater Mannheim. The then artistic director Hans Schüler had noted at the audition: "Nice guy with a sense of humour, tall, slim, even bigger voice as he matured".[2] He was a member of the ensemble of the National Theatre for almost four decades until his retirement in 1990. In 1979, Herbert Meyer described him as "always a reliable support in the second row of basses, occasionally in leading roles".[3] After 1990, numerous guest appearances in Mannheim followed, but in 1995 he made his final stage farewell. Rössling last lived in Heddesheim.[1] At his death in Mannheim aged 85, he left behind his wife and two children.[4][5]

Honours

In 1988, Rössling was appointed a Baden-Württemberg Kammersänger in recognition of his artistic merits and his services as a staff representative. In 1991, he became honorary member of the Mannheim National Theatre.[1]

References
  1. Waltraud Brunst: Von Anfang an ein Meistersinger, in Mannheimer Morgen, 9 Jul 2013
  2. Waltraud Brunst: "Netter Kerl mit großer Stimme", in Mannheimer Morgen, 17. December 2012
  3. Herbert Meyer: Das Nationaltheater Mannheim 1929–1979. BI-Wissenschaftsverlag, Mannheim 1979, ISBN 3-411-01563-2, p. 160
  4. Obituary
  5. Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). Rössling, Hans. p. 3978. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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