Richard Breitenfeld [SEP] voice type
Richard Breitenfeld
Richard Breitenfeld (13 October 1869 – 1944) was a German baritone. He was a member of the Frankfurt Opera ensemble and was murdered in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
Breitenfeld was born in Reichenberg (now in the Czech Republic) and made his debut in 1897 as Count Luna in Verdi's "Il trovatore" in Cologne. In 1912, he sang the role of the count in Act II of Franz Schreker's "Der ferne Klang" in its world premiere at the Frankfurt Opera. The contralto
Magda Spiegel, also of the Frankfurt Opera, was murdered in Auschwitz. According to Peter Hugh Reed writing in "American Record Guide" (1949), Breitenfeld recorded for Odeon and HMV between 1910 and 1914.
Richard Breitenfeld has a memorial stone in Frankfurt.