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Friedrich Weidemann
Friedrich Weidemann (1 January 187130 January 1919) was a German baritone who was a leading singer at the Vienna Court Opera () from 1903 until his death.
Biography.
Weidemann was born in Ratzeburg in 1871.
He created the role of Kaspar in Alexander von Zemlinsky's opera "Es war einmal" on 22 January 1900, alongside Selma Kurz, under Gustav Mahler's baton. He came to the Vienna Court Opera in 1903, where he worked with Karl Weigl as vocal coach.
Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann
Friedrich Wilhelm Weidemann or Wiedemann (1668, Osterburg - 25 December 1750, Berlin) was a German painter. From 1702 he worked as court painter to Frederick William I, prince and later king of Prussia. He also produced portraits of several other members of the Prussian royal family
Life.
Born in what is now Sachsen-Anhalt but what was then the Mark Brandenburg, Weidemann learned painting under the Dutch painter and architect Rutger van Langevelt, who had been working at Frederick William's court since