Franz Xaver Gerl [SEP] voice type
Franz Xaver Gerl
Franz Xaver Gerl ( – ) was a bass singer and composer of the classical era. He sang the role of Sarastro in the premiere of Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".
Life.
Gerl was born on in Andorf (then Bavaria, since 1780 part of Austria). He sang as a chorister as a child in Salzburg; the "New Grove" asserts that he was probably the pupil of Leopold Mozart. He attended the University of Salzburg, studying logic and physics.
Xaver Gerl. Vienna, 1790.
- "Anton bei Hofe, oder Das Namensfest" ("Anton at Court, or The Name-Day") (Vienna, 4 June 1791). Mozart heard the work on 6 June.
- "Der Stein der Weisen" ("The Philosopher's Stone or the Magic Isle"). Heroic-comic opera, Music by Benedikt Schack, Johann Baptist Henneberg, Franz Xaver Gerl, Emanuel Schikaneder, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Vienna 11 September 1790.